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The 18th Amendment started Prohibition, which made alcohol illegal. It caused more harm than good and was repealed by the 21st amendment.
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The government was scared of communistic views and anarchists trying to endanger America. Police discovered a plot to mail 36 bombs to high ranking government officials.
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This enabled legislation for the 18th Amendment. It allowed some alcohol to be made for research.
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These were attempts to arrest and deport anarchists from the United States. This deported more than 500 citizens.
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This amendment gave women the right to vote. It was approved in January, but Senate refused to sign it until October.
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In 1922, the Secretary of the Interior leased the Teapot Dome fields to Sinclair Oil without competitive bidding. Sinclair lent the Secretary of the Interior $100,000 interest-free, which caused unrest.
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Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of the murder of a paymaster and a security guard that were delivering a payroll. They were both found guilty and executed.
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This cut the number of immigrants allowed to come to the U.S. from 357,000 to 164,000. Only 2% of the residents of a country could immigrate to the United States.
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High School teacher John Scopes violated the Butler act by teaching evolution. He was found guilty, but the trial was overturned due to a technicality.
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There was a $25,000 prize for someone that could accomplish a nonstop flight from New York to Paris. He began in almost perfect conditions. After about one and a half days, he landed in Paris.
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The main actor was Al Jolson. The Jazz singer started an era with all movies that talked.
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During the Great Depression, he didn't want to help to much so that people didn't rely on the government. He made many tax cuts while in office.
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The crash wrecked the whole economy and ultimately started the Great Depression. The economy started to rise again at the start of World War II.
