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Congress establishes Grand Canyon Nation Park. It is considered to be one of the natural wonders of the world.
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The Volstead act enables prohibition. This was the beginning of the prohibition era.
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The Nineteenth Amendment prohibits each state and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's sex.
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Sacco and Vanzetti were Italians charged with murder on circumstantial evidence. They were convicted guilty and executed.
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The Teapot Dome Scandal begins when the U.S. Secretary of the Interior leases the Teapot Oil Reserves in Wyoming.
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J. Edgar Hoover is appointed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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The Scopes Trial begins convicting John T Scopes of teaching Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory in a high school in Tennessee. He was fined $100.
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The first talking movie was The Jazz Singer. Until now, movies had no sound.
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Herbert Hoover was the 31st President. He was the last cabinet secretary to be elected President.
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After the Roaring Twenties, the economy and stock market crash. The share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapse. The following month, prices continue to fall.
