1920's Timeline

By James Yates
  • The 19th Amendment to the Constitution is adopted. Prohibition begins.

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

    Prohibits any U.S. citizen from being denied the right to vote based on their sex. This amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920.
  • KDKA in Pittsburgh

    KDKA in Pittsburgh

    The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau, and Navigation gave the first ever radio license to KDKA. KDKA didn't stand for anything.
  • Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act

    Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act

    Restriction on immigration to the U.S. Added a number limit on immigration from Europe. Created a quota system to establish those limits.
  • The boll weevil ruins over 85% of the South's cotton crop.

    The boll weevil ruins over 85% of the South's cotton crop.

    Boll weevils entered the United States by coming over the Rio Grande from Mexico. The pest ruined over 85% of the South's cotton crop.
  • The stock market begins its rise. National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act

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

    The stock market begins its spectacular rise. The National Origins Act was a discriminatory immigration law. Excluded Asians and other nonwhites into the U.S.
  • 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.

    The march contained around 50,000 to 60,000 members. A substitue highschool teacher named John Scope was accused of violating Tennessee's Bulter Act.
  • Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”

    Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”

    The book gave a voice to African Americans during a time of segragation. The book takes place in Harlem.
  • Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.

    Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.

    Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
    Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic,he flyes non stop to new york to paris then from paris to new york. And Sacco and Vanzetti was executed.
  • Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president.

    Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president.

    Herbert Hoover becomes president. He took office the year of the beginning of the Great Depression.