1920

1920's Timeline

By Ben Artrip
  • The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.Prohibition begins

    The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.Prohibition begins

    The 19th amendentment that would law the use of alchoal in america and then ratified in 1933
  • KDKA in Pittsburgh

    KDKA in Pittsburgh

    A radio station licensed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania made on November 2,1920.Was a clear broadcasting station that spoke about news and spoken word programming
  • Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.

    Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.

    The American, Emergency Quota Act, also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 this ack amde it so immagrant cant come to America
  • The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.

    The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.

    The spread of cotton tho the United States of america
  • The stock market begins its spectacular rise.National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act

    The stock market begins its spectacular rise.National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act

    The Immigration Act of 1924
  • Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C.Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.

    Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C.Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.

    On September 26th, 1925, the “largest crowd that has ever assembled in the Lynden District,” estimated between 12,000 and 25,000 people, attended a rally of supposedly 750 members of the Ku Klux Klan at the Northwest Washington Fair Grounds
  • Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blue

    Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blue

    A book talking about colored people during the 1920s
  • Anti-radical sentiment was running high in America at the time, and the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was regarded by many as unlawfully sensational

    Anti-radical sentiment was running high in America at the time, and the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was regarded by many as unlawfully sensational

    Anti-radical sentiment was running high in America at the time, and the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was regarded by many as unlawfully sensational