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Treaty Of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I were dealt with in separate treaties. Although the armistice signed on November 11, 1918 ended the actual fighting, it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty. This treaty made Germany the sole responsibility for the war. -
Second Palmer Raids
The Palmer raids were the efforts of law enforcement to rid the country of “left wing” radicals and especially anarchists. Although more than 500 foreign people were deported because of these Palmer raids his methods were not accepted by the US Department of Labor who had the responsibilities of deportations and objected disrespect for the legal process. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was the banning of alcohol consumption in the 1920's. Druing this time bootlegging and Speakeasy's became extremely popular. Bootlegging was alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes. Speakeasy's was a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, during Prohibition. -
The human Fly
George Polley was a pioneer of the act of Buildering (which is climbing the sides of tall walls of buildings) however this term was not a term used in the 1920’s so they called him the human fly. According to George Polley he had climbed building since 1910 when an owner of a clothing store promised him a suit if he would climb to the roof of the building. Needless to say he succeeded in this act. Over his career he climbed over 2000 buildings. In the 1920’s he climbed the Woolworth building an -
Hair Dryer
Previous to the 1920’s women dried their hair by inserting a hose into the exhaust of a vacuum cleaner and blowing their hair dry. But in the 1920’s the hair dryer went public and although the hair dryers were really big they were better than the vacuum cleaner they had used before. The hand held hair dryer wasn’t invented until 1951. -
Flapper
The term flapper was used in the 1920’s to describe a “new breed” of women ones that wore short skirts, bobbed hair, listened to jazz and flaunted the fact that they were rebellious. They wore excessive make up, they drank, they smocked and drove automobiles. -
Make up of the1920's
During the early twenties cream or ivory colored face powder was used by most women. In the middle of the 1920’s more skin like colors became very popular. By 1925 for blush colors like red, raspberry and even orange became popular. Also around 1925 women wore deep reds, red, and orange on the lips. When women in the 1920 painted their finger nails they only painted the center. The tips and moons of the fingernail were left bare and white. -
The atuomobile
The automobile really defined the 1920's. Every year the automobile industry came out with a something new and better. Increased wages and lower cost vehicles through mass production made cars increasingly affordable. Roads that had been designed for horse transport began to deteriorate under the steadily increasing load of traffic. In 1906 the government paid for 96 percent of the road funding. In 1927 the State governments supplied about 37 per cent., the Federal Government 10 per cent., and t -
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was born on February 6 1895 in Baltimore. He first started his baseball career with the Orioles after being spotted by Jack Dunn while playing baseball for a catholic school. However he only stayed with the orioles for about 5 months before being signed with the Red sox. With Babe Ruth the Red Sox won the 1918 World Series. The Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee decided it best to sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in the 1921 pennant to support his Broadway musical. The Red Sox did -
The battle of The Century
On this day American boxer Jack Dempsey fought Georges Carpentie a Frenchmen in New Jersey. Originally William Harrison Dempsey the American was world heavy weight champion at the time and Carpentier was European champion. Dempsey was declared winner in the fourth round after knocking out Carpentier. Their one million plus promotion-bout would be dubbed "The Battle of the Century." -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal involved Secretary of The Interior Albert B Fall and Harry F Sinclair of Sinclair oil along with Edward L Doheny of Elk HIlls. Fall illegaly gave the use of the petroleum field to both Doheny and Sinclair. And after many years of acceptiing bribes that amounted to $400,000 to keep quiet about the whole scandal he finally was found out by Thomas J Walsh. His own personal use of the 400,000 dollars was Fall's Downfall. -
Water skiing
Ralph Samuelson of Minnesota invented waterskiing in 1922. After some ineffective attempts of skiing on water with barrel staves and snow skis, the eighteen year old tried out pinewood boards with curved tips. He used applied boiler steam to the wooden boards. He also used an iron ring for a handle and 100 feet of cord for a towrope. -
The Charleston
The Charleston Dance was named after the city Charleston was written by the composer /pianist James P. Johnson. The Charleston was first originated in the Broadway show Runnin’ WIld and became one of the most popular hits of the decade. The Charleston was developed in African American communities in the USA. -
Scopes Trial
On this day John Scopes was arrested for disregard for the Butler Act which stated it is against the law in the state of Tennessee that it is illegal to teach evolution in the public school system. George Rappleyea asked Scopes to teach evolution in school to act as an experiment. John Scopes was tried and persecuted for the crime he committed. -
Black Tuesday
This was the day that the stock market crashed. The reason for this being that the prices were far too high then they were really worth. People borrowed money to buy the over priced stocks thinking they would then turn around and sell them for a profit to repay lenders. But instead they went bankrupt. Black Tuesday marked the beginning of The Great Depression.
