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Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted by the United States Department of Justice. They were to capture and arrest suspected Anarchists and deport them from the United States. Attorney general A. Mitchell Palmer took leadership for the raids. -
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1920s events
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The 19th amendment
On the year 1920 the 19th amendment was ratified to the constitution. The 19th amendment gave he right to vote to men and women. Women fought for this right for 90 plus years. -
Harding wins presidential election
Republican Warren G. Harding is elected to the presidency by a landslide. Harding wins 60% of the popular vote and 75% of the electoral vote. Democrat James Cox his opponent wins only a handful of states in the South. His other opponent Eugene Debs gets nine hundred thousand votes campaigning from prison. -
Harding Dies
President Harding Dies of stroke in his San Francisco’s hotel room. Calvin Coolagetakes office because he’s Vice President. Harding was the 6th of 8 presidents to die in office. -
Scopes violation on teaching evolution
Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution.Scopes violation of new state law banning the teaching of Darwin is what got him arrested. Especially in the south because they were very Christian. -
Klansmen March
40,000 Ku klux klansman march in Washington. The white hat heads covered Pennsylvania Avenue. They ended up on the front page of the Washington post the next day. -
Lindenbergh’s first solo transatlantic flight.
Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo transatlantic flight ever. Landing in Paris 33 hours after departing from New York. He became a national hero and a ladies man. -
Babe Ruth hits 60
New York Yankees star Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season. He will break his own record of 59 homerons in one season. His record will stand for more than 30 years. -
Stock market crash.
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaks in September 1929 at 381.17, a level that it won't reach again until 1954.The Dow will bottom out at a Depression-era low of just 41.22 in 1932. It’s known as the most devastating stock market crash of all time. -
Chicago mob
The "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre," is the single most bloodiest incident in a decade-long turf war. This turf war was between rival Chicago mobsters fighting to control the lucrative bootlegging trade. Members of Al Capone's gang murder six followers of rival Bugs Moran.
