Flappers

1920's

By kj3137
  • Prohibition Law

    Prohibition Law

    Law against any alcohol being sold-- Many people sold illegally or stole from places where it was used for medical purposes
  • Right to Vote

    Right to Vote

    right to cote can't be denied on account of sex
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    1920's

  • President Harding dies

    President Harding dies

    Coolidge became president
  • National Origins Act

    National Origins Act

    reduced immigration from any one country from 3% to 2%
  • Bell Telephone Company

    Bell Telephone Company

    Finally developed a successful sound system called a Vitaphone.
    -- Warner Brothers were the first was the first movie studio to try it
  • Coolidge

    Coolidge

    Coolidge won by a landslide --- first inauguration address broadcast on radio
  • Mississippi Flood

    Mississippi Flood

    levees gave way and flooded towns and cotton fields
  • California dam

    California dam

    2 year old St. Francis Dam gave way and killed over 500 people
  • Cars

    Cars

    80% of Americans had cars
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    Stock market crashed
    Ex. stocks that were sold for $115 dropped to $2
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    Stock market crashed

    sudden drop
    Ex. $115 dropped to $2