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18th Amendment Constitution is ratified
The Amendment18th certified January 16 but took effect January 20, 1920. The 18th Amendment means selling illegal product of alchol -
fun fact
The most popular baby names for boys were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. For girls, Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret, and Ruth. -
Versailles peace conference begins
Was one of the first peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
Lynching black soldiers
eighty three African American's are lynched many of them soldiers returning home from world war one. At the same time the Ku Klux Klan is operating out of 7 states , The pamphlet , thirty years of lynching in the united states :1898-1918 is published by the NAACP. The report is used to appeal to lawmakers to end the social political and economic terrorism associates with lynching -
Cotton Overload
The price for cotton goes up 42 cents higher in New Orleans.Southern farmers planted the largest crop in history. With the overpruduction of cotton ,prices decrease.Leaving farmers struggling to get by. -
Women know best
Women are given the right to vote. -
World Series
Baseballs World Series is broadcasted on the radio fro the first time. The New York Gisns win against the New York Yankees. -
The KKK Strikes again
Forty thousand Ku Klux Klansmen march on Washington, their white-hooded procession filling Pennsylvania Avenue. This act was just fro attention and publicity -
New Era in Movies
Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer, the first "talking" motion picture premieres, marking the beginning of the end of the silent film era. In this era of time it was popular for white actors to paint there face black and exaggerating the lips and acting like a 'black person" , which is called Black Face.This brainless racial trend came to an end during the 1960's. -
The Beginning of Disney
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie premieres, introducing the world to a funny animated character called Mickey Mouse. -
Depression Time
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaks in September 1929 at 381.17—a level that it will not reach again until 1954. The Dow will bottom out at a Depression-era low of just 41.22 in 1932 -
fun fact
World population 2billion -
Frozen Food
Frozen food starts to make its way in the world by introducing itself in commericals -
Slowly Killing Yourself
The use of cigaretts becomes more popular , one billion since the last year. -
Oops He missed
Zangara attempts to assassinate FDR in Miami, but instead kills Chicago mayor Anton Cermak and wounds three others -
Wicked Wich of the West
Wizard of OZ premiers
