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Palmer and some of his agents hunted down suspected communists. Palmer's raids were a failure and nothing was ever proved.
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the volstead act that established a prohibition bureau in the trasury department. The job enforced patrolling over 18,000 miles of coastline looking for illegal stills.
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A panic in the United States after the revolutionaries in Russia over threw the czar. Vladimir Lenin and his followers established a new communist state.
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This amemdment launched the era known as prohibition. Prohibition banned alcohol in all states.
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In May of 1920 Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested for robbery and murder. The two were sentenced to death.
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THe 19th amendent was women gaining sufferage. During world war 1 women took over mens jobs while they were fighting.
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The government set aside oil for the United States navy. Henry Sinclaire was found guilty for bribery.
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The national origins act put a limit on immigration. This happened becasue many americans were outraged becasue they were losing there jobs to foreign people.
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In Tennessee passed a law stating your not allowed to teach about evolution. Scopes challenged this law by teaching it to his students.
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The Jazz Singer was the first movie to ever have sound. The movie was just under a hour and a half long.
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Charles Linbergh made the first non-stop trip across the atlantic ocean. He made the trip in 33 hours and 29 minutes in his 3,614 mile trip to Paris.
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Calvin Coolidge withdrew from the race and Hoover was elected. Hoover dominated the polls.
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The stock market crashed in october of 1928. That week was known as "black."
