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Woolworth Building
in New York, leading the way for the "skyscraper" -
Modern Klan
Stone Mtn, Georgia, founded by William J Simmons and 34 followers, only native born white gentile americans were permitted to join, anti-black, italian, russian, jew, and catholic -
18th amendment
established prohibition in the US, alcoholic beverages could not legally be manufactured, transported, or sold -
Wall Street Explosion
left 33 dead and nearly 200 wounded. Attorney general Palmer saw the blast as the work of a communist conspiracy, but relatively few americans subscribed to his view -
19th Amendment
prohibits voting discrimination based on gender -
1920 Election
Republican Warren Harding defeated Democrat James Cox in what was then the largest presidential popular vote landslide in history -
End of Palmer Raids
courageous goernment officials from the department of labor insisted on due process and full hearings before anyone else was deported, effectively led to the demise of the red scare -
Sheppard Towner Act
provided federal funding for maternity and child care -
Fordney Mccumber Act
raised American tariffs in order to protect factories and farms, biggest raise so far -
Black Star Line Trial
Marcus Garvey ( a radical black nationalist) & 3 associates went on trial for mail fraud in the sale of BSL stock. Evidence suggested that the BSL was poorly managed, but not fraudulent. However, the jurt found Garvey, and not his associates guilty. -
American Mercury Magazine
founded by HL Mencken, literary critics, developed a national circulation and became highly influential on college campuses across America., mocked everything he found distasteful in America -
Opportunity
Magazine published by the Urban League, devoted to scholarly studies of racial issues, including black nationalism and emigration to africa -
National Origins Quota Act
limited immigration from europe to 150,000 a yr, most immigrants allowed - Great Britain, ireland, germany, scandinavia, banned all asian immigrants. passed with overwhelming support -
Scopes Trial
high school biology teacher John Scopes was accused of violating the state of Tennessee's Butler Act which made it unlawful to teach evolution. This caused uproar on which side people were on, for evolution or against, and Scopes was found guilty, but it was later repealed. -
The Great Gatsby
F Scott Fitzgerald released the Great Gatsby, a novel that is said to be one of the best out of the roaring twenties, ever encompassing of the jazz age, and possibly one of the best books in history. -
Charles Lindbergh Flight
A non-stop solo flight from Roosevelt Field in Garden City on Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, for this he was awarded Orteig Prize and Medal of Honor -
Execution of Sacco & Vanzetti
Sacco & Vanzetti were anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during an armed robbery in Massachusetts. There was little evidence, and their guilt or innocence caused a public dispute -
Conclusion of Teapot Dome Scandal
A Supreme Court decision restored the oil fields to the US government -
Election of 1928
Democrat Smith vs. Republican Hoover; Hoover won by 6 million votes; howeer, it was the first time a democrat united the vote of the 12 biggest cities, showed strength of vote in cities -
Sinclair Lewis
he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for his "vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters"
