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1920's

By 16MTerry

  • KDKA in Pittsburgh

    KDKA in Pittsburgh
    A news radio station.

  • 19th Amendment is adopted

    19th Amendment is adopted
    Woman can now vote.

  • Prohabition Begins

    Prohabition Begins
    The banning of alcohol.

  • Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act

    Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act
    Allowed oly a certain amout of people from each country to enter the United States per year.

  • Boll Weevil

    Boll Weevil
    Ruined >85% of the US's southern cotton crops .

  • Stock Market begins to rise

    Stock Market begins to rise
    People became more optimistic

  • National Origins act replaces Quota act

    National Origins act replaces Quota act
    renforced quota act

  • Ku Klux Klan has a big march through Washington D.C.

    Ku Klux Klan has a big march through Washington D.C.

  • Scopes Trial takes place

    Scopes Trial takes place
    Denied the bible.

  • Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”

    Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”
    Cultural liturature

  • Sacco and Vanzetti are executed

    Sacco and Vanzetti are executed
    italian immagrants accused of murder that they didn't do.

  • Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic
    Publicsised comercial flying

  • Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president

    Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president
    Blamed for the derpression