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Enforced the Volstead Act that implemented prohibition, banned most commercial production and distribution of berverages containing more than one-half of 1% of alcohol by volume. Repealed in 1933
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Women were granted the right to vote
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A wave of anticommunism, antiforeign, and antilabor hysteria
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Membership flourished. Up to 5 million men were members in the 1920's
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Farm exports had fallen by more then $2 billion after the end of World War I
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Provided federal aid to establish state programs for maternal and infant health care.
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Limitied immigration from Europe to 150,000 a year.
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Raise the basic rates substantially over the moderate Underwood Tariff.
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Amendment stated, "Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction."
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An African American cultural, literary, and artistic movement centered in Harlem, an area in New York City.
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John T. Scopes was on trial for teaching Darwinian evolution, which was against Tennessee law. He was foudn guilty and fined $100.
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Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall was convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for leasing government owned oil lands in Wyoming and California to private business men.
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The Bill giving World War I veterans a bonus is passed.
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Charles LIndbergh completes first nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris
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They were arrested in May for a payroll robbery and murder. The were condemmed more by ideas than evidence. They were executed on this day.
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Babe Ruth becomes national idol by hitting sixty homeruns
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This movie features singing-talking soundtrack
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Herbert Hoover becomes president.
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Union membership declined from the postwar high of five million to less than three million
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Empire State Building became the tallest building in the world, 102 stories high.
