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Lenin and the communist state/red scare
Vladimir Lenin founded the communist state in Russia. Communism is an economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by dictatorship. The Red Scare was about how after Russia left WWI they became a target from the U.S. -
18th amendment
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. It was ratified on January 16, 1919 -
Palmer Raids
this raid involved many arrests of people at the height of the red scare. Attorney Mitchell Palmer encouraged the raids hoping that they would advance his presidential ambitions. race, strikes, riots, and bombings in eight cities resulted from the Palmer Raids. -
The volstead Act
this Act was passed in 1919. It gave permission to the United States government to enforce the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, its know as the 'National Prohibition Act." -
sacco-vanzetti trial
two talian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged for murder on April 19, 1920. after a very long trial they convicted of murdering two men during a 1920 robbery in massachusetts. They were executed on August 23, 1927. -
19th amendment
this amendment gave Women the right to vote when the 19th Amendment of the United States constitution is passed. This amendment was passed by the U.S. Congress on June 4, 1919, and was ratified in the state of Tennessee, on August 18, 1920. -
Teapot dome affair
This dispute was over the Teapot Oil Reserves in Wyoming. On june 4, 1920, Congress passed a bill which stated that the Secretary of the Navy would have the power to lease, conserve, develop, and to use, store, exchange, or sell the oil and gas products for the benefit of the United States. -
National origins act
this act was passed in 1924, this law placed a limit on immigration. Americans were becoming outraged at the amount of jobs they were losing to immigrants. it also excluded Asian Americans from coming to the U.S. -
Scopes Trial
In 1925 a biology teacher, named John Thomas Scopes, was arrested for violating an act which prohibited the teaching of evolution in schools. This trial began in Drayton on July 10, 1925. The jury found him guilty and the judge fined him $100. -
Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh flew his plane the called the Spirit of St Louis flew from Roosevelt Field, Long Island. 33 1/2 hours and 3,500 miles later he landed in Paris, he was the first ever to fly over the Atlantic alone. -
1st talking movie, Jazz Singer is released
The Jazz Singer that was made by Al Jolson, was the very first talking motion pictureand premiered on october 6, 1927 marking the beginning of the end of the silent film era. -
Herbert Hoover elected president
The United States presidential election of 1928 was between a Republican named Herbert Hoover and a Democrat named Al Smith. The Republicans were associated with the booming economy of the 1920s.Herbert Hoover won this election very easily. -
stock market crashes
this ended the booming economy of the 1920s. The economy weakened and the unemployment increased very much. The Great Depression had just begun.
