zach keith 1920s

  • 18th ammentment

    The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. the ammendment wasratified on January 16, 1919 and repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933. The 18th Amendment is still the only Amendment to ever have been repealed.
  • Lenin and the Communist State/ Red Scare

    Vladimir Lenin founded the communist state in Russia. The Red Scare was whenRussia left WWI they became a target from the U.S. .This happened because of their Communist beliefs.
  • volstead act

    this act prohibited the sale and distribution of alchohol. it allowed alchohol in homes, if it was legally obtained. it also alowed it for religious and medical purposes.
  • Palmer Raids

    ppalmer launched raids on left wing organizations.
  • Sacco & Vanzetti Trial

    Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of murdering two men during a 1920 armed robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. After a controversial trial and a series of appeals, Sacco and Vanzetti were executed on August 23, 1927.
  • 19th ammendment

    prohibited womens rights to vote
  • teapot dome affair

    land was set aside for us navy
  • national origins act

    american system of immigration quotas that restricted immigration on existing parts of the population.
  • scopes trial

    john scopes broke the law by teaching evolution in a school
  • lindbergh crosses the atlantic

    charles lindbergh made the first solo nonstop flight across the atlantic ocean.
  • jazz singer is released

    the jazz singer, the first talking movie ever, was released.
  • hoover elected president

    herbert hoover was elected president
  • stock market crash

    the ecoonomy was rising from 1920 to 1929, then it made a complete nosedive.