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Jazz was the vibe in the 20’s. Jazz was created by African Americans of New Orleans.
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First commercially licensed radio station started broadcasting. They were talking about the live results of the presidential election.
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President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stoke and the giver,ent wanted to keep it quiet. So therefore his wife Edith Wilson took over and was running as president
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Summer olympics in Antwerp, Belgium the Olympic flag was shown. The 5 interlocked rings are meant to represent unity after world war 1. It also represents peace.
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Football became a professional sport because of the professional football association which would later be the national football league.
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Federal agents broke into homes of suspected anarchists without search warrants. Than they took a bunch of people and made them as “dangerous”. Many were deported.
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Fourteen points were established and got adopted by diplomats and became framework for the League of Nations. League of Nations had 58 state members. The United States never joined.
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The 18th amendment was the federal prohibition of alcohol. On the 18th the amendment passed both chambers of the United States congress.
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Paymaster for a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts was shot and killed. His guard was also shot with him. The two Italian immigrants were convicted and sentenced to death for this crime.
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Every state west of the Mississippi River allowed women to vote. This made the 19th amendment which provided for women’s suffrage.
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A horse cart was carrying a massive improvised explosive. This was detonated on the busiest corner on Wall Street. 38 people were killed and hundreds were injured.
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Started as a small town newspaper publisher and than became the U.S senator from Ohio. Then he became a republican presidential candidate and won. His slogan was to “return to normalcy”. That is what made people vote for him.
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Ford motor company in Detroit made the model T. Ford, the first affordable car. This car was produced more than a million and was 335 each. To make all these cars they used an assembly line.
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Was re elected president in 1924. He made the laissez faire which stated that business would act in a way they would benefit the nation
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KKK believed that Americans should discriminate the blacks. The KKK became really strong in many states. They tried to persuade politics by using violence.
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Miriam “Ma” Ferguson was elected governor for Texas and Nellie Tayloe Rods was elected for governor of Wyoming. This was huge because it took over 50 years for congress to pass the equal rights amendment.
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Babe Ruth became the first ever person to hit 60 home runs. He set this record and should stand for 34 years.
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First women passenger to cross the Atlantic. “Lady Linda”
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Steamboat willie was made as an animated short film. It was first made in black in white but soon was made into colors.
