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Congress passed the 18th Amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages and sent the amendment to the states for ratification
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Nebraska was the necessary 36th state to ratify the 18th amendment and prohibition became the law of the land
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U.S agents arrest 1700 in Red Scare raids
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Budget Bureau set up to oversee federal spending
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The Volstead Act, which implemented prohibtion, banned most commercial production and distribution of beverages containing more than 1/2 percent of alcohol by volume
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19th amedment passed, granting women the right to vote
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The Transcontinental airmail service was inaugurated in September
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WWJ-Detroit broadcasts the first commercial radio program in November
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Newspapers expose the Ku Klux Klan graft, torture, and murder
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Henry Luce begins publishing Time magazine in March
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Senate probes the Teapot Dome Scandal
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National Orgins Quota Act restricts immigration from Europe and bans immigration from Asia
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Veteran's World War I bonus bill was passed
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John Scopes convicted of teaching theory of evolution in violatin of Tennessee law in July
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First Martha Graham modern dance recital
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Coolidge vetoes Farm Price-Conrtol Bill
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The movie Jazz Singer features singing-talking soundtrack
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Charles Lindbergh completes first nonstop transatlantic flight fron New York to Paris in May
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Sacco and Vanzetti are executed in August
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Republican Herbert C. Hoover was elected president over Democratic candidate Alfred E. Smith
