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18th amendment
also called prohibition, this amendment made alcohol illegal in the U.S -
palmer raids
palmer hunted down and arrested suspected communists, socialists, and anarchists. -
volstead act
established a prohibition bureau in the treassury department that was underfunded -
lenin and the communist state/ Red scare
americans began to fear that communists were trying to take over the country -
sacco and vanzetti trial
sacco and vanzetti were charged with robbery and murder and executed in 1927 -
19th amendment ratified
gave women the right to vote -
teapot dome affair
Albert Fall used his political power to make secret deals with oil companies and make a profit for himself with the oil rich lands of teapotdome, Wyoming -
national origins act
established immigration quotas that discriminated strongly against people from outside western europe -
scopes trial
scopes was a teacher in tennesse who was arrested for teaching evolution to his students. -
charles lindbergh crosses the atlantic
it took lindbergh 33 hours and 29 minutes to cross the atlantic -
1st talking movie, the jazz singer is released
talking movies doubled movie attendence in the U.S -
herbert hoover elected president
hoover was elected just before the stock market crash -
stock market crash
the thursday through tuesday of that week were called "black"