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Too much cotton
Cotton prices at New Orleans peak at 42 cents a pound, prompting Southern farmers to plant the largest crop in history. Which resulted overproduction. Making cotton fall to less than 10 cents per pound.Cotton farmers will strive in near-depression conditions throughout most of the 1920s and 30s. -
The 19 amendment was passed
The 19 amendment was ratified. The 19 amendment was passed giving the right to vote for any sex without being denied.It was adopted on August 18, 1920. -
Sacco-Vanzetti Trail
The Sacco-Vanzetti trail is about two Italian immigrants that were treated differently. They robbed a bank and was charge with the capital punishment even though they didn't kill anyone. The only reason why they were convicted was because of their political beliefs and ethnic background. -
World Series Broadcast on the Radio
The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time in October 1921. The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees 5 to 3. This was an exciting time because the radio just came out and that was a really big deal in the 1920s. -
Klansmen March
Klans March is about when 40,000 ku klux klansmen marching in Washington, their white-hooded filling Pennsylvania Avenue. This was a big event in the 1920s because everyone was scared because a lot of people started coming over to the United States. The kkk offered them safety. People were scared because women and blacks were standing up and wanted to keep their jobs that they got from everyone being at war. -
Inventions that happened in 1927
Four inventions happen in 1927 that would change the World. Breadslicer was invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder he was a inventor and engineer. The 2nd invention was the electrical television system invented by Philo Fransworth. The 3rd invention was the garbage disposal invented by John W. Hammes. The final invention was the pressure washer invented by Frank Ofeldt. The 1920s came with a lot of inventions that would ch age the way we live. -
Mickey Mouse Is Born
Mickey Mouse was created by Walt Disney and Ub lwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in 1928. Since then Mickey has become one of the world's most recognizable characters. His first appearance was in the Streamboat Willie, the cartoon became the most popular cartoon of its day. It's running time was 7 minutes and 42 seconds in black and white. -
Hoover Elected as President
The United States presidential election of 1928 was the 36 quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1928. During Hoover's first term he undertook various measures designed to stimulate the economy and a few of the programs he introduced became key components of later relief efforts. President Hoover is best known for the stock market crash of 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression. -
Stock Market Collapse
The stock market crash of 1929 was not the sole cause of The Great Depression, but it did act to speed the global economic collapse of which it was also a symptom. Black Tuesday refers to Oct 29, 1929 when panicked sellers traded nearly 16 million shares on the NYSE, it often cited as beginning of The Great Depression. Stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth. -
The Chicago Mob
In the "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre," the single bloodiest incident in a decade-long turf war between rival Chicago mobsters fighting to control the bootlegging trade. Members of Al Capone's gang murder six flowers of rival Bugs Moran. Chicago mobsters of the 1920s have become a sort of "Pirates of the Caribbean" for the city. There are gangster tours, a Tommy Gun's dinner theater, speakeasies that are longer speakeasies.
