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19th amendment was added to the constitution. Giving women the right to vote. Women like Ida B. Wells and Alice Paul led to the passage of the 19th Amendment. Women were not always able to vote, it was thought that the only thing they were good for was cleaning and cooking. -
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution–which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors. The reason for this was to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses, and improve health and hygiene in America. This amendment went into action on January 17th, 1920. -
This act was passed to restrict immigration Southern and Eastern parts of Europe.The act was, sponsored by US Representative Albert Johnson. And the recorded vote in the House of Representatives was 90-2-4. -
Over 50 thousand people were affected in the lower Louisiana flood. Herbert Hoover said “the greatest peace-time calamity in the history of the country.” The flood consumed 16,570,627 acres and around 170 counties is 7 states, driving almost a million people from their homes. This flood would also cost 400,000,000 dollars in damage. -
King Tutankhamen's Tomb was found and then opened by Howard Carter. This king is also known widely as King Tut. Not only did they find the mummified King Tut, but they found endless gold, and riches beyond anyone can imagine. There was jewelry, statues, and even a chariot. There were weapons, clothes, along with the perfectly preserved King Tut mummy. -
In 1924, the first Macy's thanksgiving day parade was held. The store behind this was Philadelphia's Gimble Brothers Department Store. And the first parade was staged, a thanksgiving procession was held in 1920. Featuring 50 people, 15 cars, and a fireman dressed up as Santa Claus. -
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born September 24, 1896, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. and died December 21, 1940, Hollywood, California. He wrote short stories and novels. His most famous writings were his depictions of the Jazz Age. And his most brilliant novel was The Great Gatsby written in 1925. He was named after the man who wrote the Star Spangled Banner. -
John Logie Baird was a Scottish inventor. He would invent the television, the television set, colored television, and the mechanical television. He would debut this invention on Frith Street to show the people that his invention could successfully transmit and receive pictures. As a child he invented his own version of the telephone so he could talk to his friends across the street. -
On October 4th, 1927 construction began on one of America's most iconic land marks. Being sculpted in the Black Hills of South Dakota, it would take another 12 years for four of the most revered American presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Historian Doane Robinson conceived the idea for Mount Rushmore in 1923 to promote tourism in South Dakota. -
There were people who reaped the benefits of this prohibition act. They benefited from the hundreds of thousands of injuries, poisonings, and deaths caused by Prohibition. These people were Doctors, Nurses, Orderlies, Hospital Administrators, Morticians, Casket-Makers, and florists, which are just a few of the many more people that benefited from prohibition.