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1919-1929 Timeline
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The 18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States established prohibition in the United States (the ban of selling, manufacturing, and transporting alchohol). The Amendment was ratified on January 16th, 1919. -
The Red Scare
After the revolutions in Russia that overthrew the czarist regine, led by Vladimir I. Lenin, the U.S. had a "Red Scare", which formed a communist party in the U.S.. There were bombs mailed to government and business leaders that had striked fear into the people of the country. -
Volstead Act
Also known as the National Prohibition act, this act provided enforcement to the recently ratified 18th Amendment. President Woodrow Wilson tried to veto the bill, but was outvoted. -
Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids were issued by the U.S. Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists from the U.S. More than 500 foreign citizens were deported. -
Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
The Sacco and Vanzetti trial was a court case accusing the two Italian immigrants of double murder during a robbery of a paymaster and a payroll gaurd carrying a factory payroll of $15,776. The men were found guilty and both electrocuted on August 23rd, 1927 -
19th Amendment ratified
The 19th Amendment allowed all U.S. citizens the right to vote, whether they were men or women. Before this amendment, women weren't allowed to vote. -
The Teapot Dome Scandal (1922-1923)
The U.S. government had set aside oil-rich public lands at Teapot Dome, Wyoming, and Elk Hills, California, for the U.S. Navy Secretary Albert B. Fall to transfer the oil reserves to the Interior Department from the navy. Fall had secretly leased the lands to two private oil companies and recieved more than $400,000 in "loans, bonds, and cash." He was proven guilty of bribery and was the first American to be convicted of a felony while holding a cabinet post. -
National Origins Act
This act was an American system of immigration quotas which restricted immigration on the basis of existing proportions of the population. The U.S. wanted to keep it's American-ethnic composition. -
The Scopes Trial
The Scopes Trial, or The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes case, was a case about the accusation of a high school science teacher (John Scopes) trying to teach evolution, which was in violation of Tennesseee's Butler Act. He was let free on a technicality. -
Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic
The 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator that gained almost instant world-fame after flying over the Atlantic ocean by himself in a single-engine monoplane. He started from Roosevelt Field, New York, and landed in Bourget Field in Paris. -
First Talking Movie
The first full length feature-film that had synchronized dialogue sequences was released, produced by Warner Bros. (The Jazz Singer). It was the start of the "talkies" and the decline of silent films. -
Herbert Hoover is elceted president
Hoover was the republican successor of Calvin Coolidge when he was president and U.S. Secretary of Commerce for presidents Coolidge and Warren Harding. Hoover, along with William Howard Taft, was elected without previous electoral experiance or a high ranking in the military. His term was from 1929-1933 -
The Stock Market Crash
The stock market crash of 1929 was an abrupt drop on a day called "Black Thursday" (Oct. 24th, 1929) when share prices of the New York Stock Exchange fell out of no where. This event led to the 12-year Great Depression of the United States, which would end at the end of 1941.
