1920's timeline

By 18ericabenson
  • 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 amendment give women the right to vote. It was ratified on August 18, 1920,
  • KDKA in Pittsburgh

    KDKA in Pittsburgh

    The KDKA was created by Westinghouse Electric COrporation on Novemeber 2, 1920. It was the worlds first commerical radio station.
  • Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.

    Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.

    The Emergency Quota Act restricted immigration to the United States. The act proved that in the long run it was the most turining point in America immigration policy.
  • 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.

    A boll weevil is a beetle which feeds on cotton buds and flowers. It migrated to the United Sates and had infested all the United States cotton.
  • National Origins Act

    National Origins Act

    The National Origins Act was the immigration act of 1924. The act was a United States federal law that limmited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted into the United States.

  • Ku Klux Klan members

    One of the first largest showing of racism in the 20th century. 50,000-60,000 members marched to the capital.

  • Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”

    A poem written by Langston Hughes in 1925. The poem was awarded best poem of the year.
  • Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.

    Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.

    On July 14, 1921 they were sentenced to die. They were executed on August 23, 1927. Aslo in 1927 Lindbergh files across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president.

    He was the 31st President of United States. He took office when the United States economy plummeted into the Great Depression.