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Congress Ratifies the 18th Amendment prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the U.S
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In April of 1920 the Italian born American anarchist were convicted of murdering a guard and armed robbery. They were convicted in July of 1921.
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launching a period of intense government persecution of radical political dissidents in response to the postwar Red Scare sweeping the nation.
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The Great Steel Strike of 1919 ends with capitulation by the steelworkers.
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The 19th Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote.
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Republican Warren G. Harding is elected to the presidency by a landslide. Harding wins 60% of the popular vote and 75% of the electoral vote.
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A government scandal that took place in the United States during 1921–1923, and was a bribery incident involving the administration of then President Warren G
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Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time. The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three.
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In 1921 President Harding signed this act restricting annual admission to the United States to only 3 percent of the total number of people in any ethnic group already living in the nation.
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President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascends to presidency.
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By 1925 a ford car was rolling off the assembly line every 10 seconds.
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Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution, in violation of new state law banning the teaching of Darwin.
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In 1926 the Kelvinator Refrigerator made it practical to buy and store larger quantities of food.
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Commercial radio grew rapidly in the 1920s. IT helped create a national community as people across the country could listen to the same music, news, sports and entertainment programs. The fist NBC Radio Show was in 1926
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In 1928 the commercial bread slicer was invented.
