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Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted by the United States Department of Justice. The purpose of this was to catch criminals and people committing crimes. They then would be deported out of the country and back to where they belong. -
Alcohol
Also during the 20's, selling and consuming liquors was banned. The federal Volstead Act closed every Tavern, bar, and saloon in the United States. This drove the trade of liquor percentage down. If poeple wanted to drink they would go to illegal bar where they could consume the amount of alcohol they would want too. -
Cars
The car is the most important concumer products of the 1920s. One of the first models was the Ford model T. This vehicle costed about $260 in 1924. They got so popular that every 5 Americans had a car on the road. Without cars our lives today would be much different and more difficult, because we don't realize how much we use our cars until we don't have one. -
Arts and Literature
Art and Literature around the time 1920 were very important. Georgia O'Keeffe was a very well known American Artist in the early-mid 1900s. Another artist was Aaron Copland that helped create how some Americans write the music today. F. Scott Fitzgerald also captured his stories and how American was changing during this time. The great gabsty was a well known book that was wrote in 1922 and then was turned into a movie. -
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural explosion that took place that took place in Harlem, New York. This was considered a golden age in African American culture, because of the music, literature, and performance. Harlem New York was a popular destination for the African Americans that moved north. -
Steel Strike Ends
During 1919, the American Federation of Labor went on a strike against the United States steel corporation. They did this because they wanted their employers to raise th amount of money they were making. But, they all came to a conclusion that it was a failure and this all ended in 1920. -
19th amendment
In 1920, women were finally given the right to vote. This right was known as "women sufferage." During this time period, many people thought that men were a lot different than women and deserved the right to vote. This made women mad and they decided to stand up for what they believe. -
Harding wins the presidential election
Warren G. Harding won this presidential election by a lot. He won 60% of the popular vote and 75% of the electoral vote. Republicans nominated Harding, from Ohio, and democrats chose Ohio governor James M. Cox. After serving from 1921-1923 he then died from a heart attack. -
Steamboat Willie
Steamboat Willie was a Disney short film that was published by Aalt Disney Studios. It was published in black and white because colored wasn't a big thing in movies back then. The film was about Mickey making musical sounds on a steamboat to try to impress his crush Minnie Mouse. This was then published by Celebrity productions. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression lasted from 1929-1939. It was known as the worst economic downturn of the industrialized world. Around this time more than 15 million Americans were unemployed. This began after the stock market crash in October 1929 which wiped out thousands of investors and Wall Street.
