1920 - 1929

League of nations establishment

Apr 15, 1920

League of Nations is established in Geneva by Woodrow Wilson and other world leaders.

KKK launches recruitment campaign

Jun 15, 1920

The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits

Ratification of the 19th Amendment

Aug 18, 1920

Women win the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

Joint Resolution end WWI for US

Jul 21, 1921

A joint resolution to officially end World War I in the U.S. finally passes.

Germany owed $33 billion in payment for the war.

Jul 21, 1921

A Reparations Committee ruled that Germany owed $33 billion in payment for the war.

The Sheppard-Towner Act is passed

Nov 23, 1921

The Cable Act is passed in the U.S

Jul 21, 1922

Warren G. Harding dies 2 and a half years into his presidential term and is succeeded by Calvin Coolidge.

Aug 2, 1922

France hosts the very first Winter Olympics.

Jan 25, 1924

A teacher, John Scopes is tried for teaching evolution.

May 25, 1925

Germany is successfully admitted into the League of Nations.

Sep 8, 1926

Gertrude Ederle becomes the first women to swim across the English Channel.

Oct 23, 1926

Charels Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

May 21, 1927

The first pop-up toaster is design in the U.S.

Oct 18, 1927

Walt Disney makes his first first Mickey Mouse cartoon.

Nov 18, 1928

Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

Feb 14, 1929

Capone and Moran's gangs clash, Leaving Moran's Gang dead

After reaching an all time high in September, the stock market crashes creating a worldwide economic crisis.

Oct 29, 1929