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Granted all women the right to vote. Before the 19th only men could vote for in presidential elections. More than 26 million women got their citizenship affirmed.
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The first radio station ever was KDKA out of Pittsburgh. It first aired on November 8, 1920. People loved the radio and it became very popular in all homes.
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First pageant was held in Atlantic City. It included 7 representatives from different cities and Atlantic City. Sixteen year-old Margaret Gorman from Washington, DC won the first competition.
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A boll weevil is a beetle that feeds off of cotton buds and flowers. A female boll weevil can lay up to 200 eggs over a 12 day period. It cost the US cotton producers nearly $13 billion.
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Some members of the Harding Administration used their positions to sell government jobs, pardons, and protection from prosecution. After Harding died on August 2, 1923 news of the Forbes scandal broke. The most famous scandal was known as the Teapot Dome.
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The KKK was against African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Jews, and European immigrants. They were in surch of "pure" americans. By 1927 their activity diminished due to their leader going to jail for second degree murder of a women.
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Only 27 when he completed solo flight, landed in Paris.
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The most devastating stock market crash in history. Most consider this, the start of the Great Depression. Many Americans lost all their money and many businesses went bankrupt.
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One of the bloodiest days in mob history in Chicago. Said to have been lead by Al Capone. The leader of the Italian mob, a total of 7 men were murdered.
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He was the 31st pesident of the US. He was a strong supporter of the Prohibition, which is why many people did not vote for him in gthe 1932 election. He tried to combat the Great Depression by creating new work projects, such as the Hoover Dam.
