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The House and Senate override the veto of President Wilson and ban all sale, transport, and consumption of alcohol.
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The 19th Amendment is added, giving women the right to vote.
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President Harding dies in a San Fransisco hotel from a stroke. He died before all of his adminastration's scandals had been uncovered.
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A series of scandals from the Harding administration were discovered. The Secretary of the Interior was convicted of leasing oil reserves to public owners. He was sentenced a year in prison.
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This act put a limit on how many immigrants could move into the United States. It also gave Officers more power in decideing whom was unfit to enter the country.
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Coolidge wins over the Democrats candidate, John W. Davis. Sadly, Coolidge's son dies of an infection during his campaign for the Presidency. He won with over 2.5 million more votes than Davis.
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Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris an unprecedented 3,600 miles. It took him 33 and a half hours and he recieved $25,000 for his feat.
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The first demonstration of the TV was shown to investors in New York. It would eventually change the world.
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This was a treaty designed to prevent war. 14 nations joined immediately and 62 eventually followed.
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On what is known as Black Tuesday, stock plummeted. The economy collapsed soon after and millions lost everything.
