1920's and Prohibition

Women could vote

1920

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history

Women could vote

1920

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history

KKK became more popular

1920

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history

The Great Migration of African Americans

1920

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history

First Commercial Radio Station

1920

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history

Jazz age

Period: 1920 to 1929

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/a-culture-of-change/

Prohibition

Jan 16, 1920

Banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alchohol.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Prohibition-United-States-history-1920-1933

Every bar, tavern, and saloon in the United States was closed

Jan 16, 1920

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history

American Alcohol Education Association

1921

Richmond Pearson Hobson created the American Alcohol Education Association.
https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/prohibition-in-america-u-s-history-timeline/

New York Repeals Prohibition

1921

Cases of people drinking illegally filled the courts.
https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/prohibition-in-america-u-s-history-timeline/

National Origins Act of 1924

1924

Excluded some races in favor of others.This included Eastern Europens and Asians.
https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history