1920s

  • Henry Ford perfects mass production

    he introduced the moving assembly line which dramatically reduced the time it took to build a car
  • Harlem Renaissance begins

    it is considered a significant cultural movement that flourished in the 1920s and 1930s
  • teapot dome scandal

    a political scandal where Albert B. Fall secretly released federal oil reserves in Wyoming and California to private oil companies in exchange for bribes
  • palmer raids

    a series of controversial government actions in the United States between 1919 and 1920 that aimed to arrest and deport suspected radicals and communists
  • Prohibition begins

    It started with the ratification of the 18th amendment and the passage of the Volstead Act and this made consuming and selling alcohol illegal
  • Women gained the right to vote

    The 19th amendment was certified and women got the right to vote
  • black Tuesday stock market

    the U.S. stock market experienced a catastrophic crash that marked the beginning of the Great Depression
  • sacco and Vanzetti are convicted

    this sparked international protests and controversy that led to their executions in 1927
  • Scopes trial

    A high school teacher was charged with violating the state's Butler act for teaching human evolution. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100 but the verdict was later overturned.
  • Charles Lindbergh Crosses the Atlantic

    he completed the first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • kellog-briand pact signed

    it was a treaty that renounced war as an instrument of national policy and committed the signatories to settling disputes peacefully