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18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment of the consititution banned the sale, trasportation, manufacture, and the use of alcohol. It was the only amendment of the U.S to be repealed, by the 21st amendment in 1933, because of the acess useage and bootlegging. -
Lenin and the Communist State/Red Scare
Vladimir Lenin founded the communist state in Russia. It is a system based on a single party government, a dictaorship. The Red Scare was when Russia left WWI they were a target of the U.S. because of their communist beliefs of taking over America. -
Volstead Act
This act was also known as National Prohibition Act. It was an act to forbid intoxicating becerages and to help regulate the manufacture, production, sale, and use of high proof spirits for uses rather than drinking such as development of fuel, dye, and other uses. -
Palmer Raids
over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists were arrested -
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1919-1929
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Stacco and Vanzetti Trial
Two men who had been acoused of killing two other men during an armed robberting in 1920 in South Braintree, Massachusetts. After their trial, the two when were found guril and executed on August 23, 1927 -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. It stated that the state and federal government could not deny anyone the right to vote based on the citizens sex. -
Teapot Dome Affair
This affair was over Teapot Oil Reserves in Wyoming. Congress then passed a bill that said that the Secretary of the Navy would have the power to conserve, develop, lease, and to use, store, exchange, or sell the oil and gas products for the benefit of the United States. -
National Origins Act
This act put a quota on immigrants coming to America. It only allowed a certain amount of people to come to America and once the maximum amount was reached, no more were allowed -
Scopes Trial
It was an American legal corse in 1925. A high school biology teacher, John Scopes, was acoused of breaking the states Butler Act, which didn't allow the subject of evolution to be taught. -
Charles Lindbergh Crosses the Atlantic
He was the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. He took off from New York and after 33.5 hours he flew 1,000 miles through horrid whether condition reaching Paris, France. -
1st Talking Movie, Jazz Singer is Released
It was an American musical film and first feature length motion picture with synchroized dialauge, It changed the silent movies to movies with sound and vioces -
Herbert Hoover Elected President
He became the 31st president of the U.S. He easily wone the vote of republicans and was last man to win president directly from cabinet with no previous electoral experience or military rank. (rank/good) -
Stock Market Crash
After WWI many people fled to invest in the stock market and as prices rose more and more people tried investing. On October 24, black friday, the stock market crashed. Over 12.9 million shares were sold