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Klu Klux Klan returns
Second Klu Klux Klan was founded and is what we recognize as the modern KKK. Founded at Stone Mountain, Georgia on thankgiving night in 1915 by Colonel William J. SImmons, -
Nebraska is the final state that ratifies the 18th Amendment
Prohibition starts a year later after the 18th amendment is fully ratified. -
Prohibition begins.
Prohibition comes into effect as set by the Volstead Act. Of course color televisions weren't invented yet -
Red Scare Hoax
Attorney General Palmer told of a revolution to occur. Police Forces were gathered and nothing happened. Palmer's information was correct and the people began to bite back at Palmer. -
19th Amendment Passed
The 19th Amendment was passed, granting the right to vote to women. Passed due to the feminist movement as part of the progressive movement only a few years before. -
Election of 1920
Warren G. Harding is elected president after world war 1. His election begins the republican control of the 20s. -
Budget Bureau set up to oversee federal funds
The Budget Bureau was set up to reduce government spending. Spending was reduced from wartime highof $18 billion to just ocver $3 billion by 1925. -
Sheppard-Towner Act Signed into Law
President Warren G. Harding singed the act into law. The act provided for federal aid for state programs that regulated maternal and infant health care. -
Competition for the most beautiful office building in the world
A competition sponsored by the Chicago Tribune was hosted leading to the creation of Tribune Tower. -
Warren G. Harding Dies
Warren G, Harding dies while in office of a heart attack. -
National Women's Party introduces the ERA to Congress
The National Women's Party suceeded in introducing the Equal Rights Amendment to Congress. What this did was gave all rights to both men and women. -
Election of 1924
The election of 1924 threw Calvin Coolidge, Robert La Follette. and John Davis. Coolidge won by a rather large margin. -
National Origins Quota Act
Restricted immigration to the United States and reserved spots mostly for the British, Germans, Scandinavians and the Irish. -
Teapot Dome Scandal investigated
The Senate investigates the Teapot Dome Scandal that was used by members of Harding's administration. The results would forever taint Harding's reputation despite the fact that no evidence was unearthed that he himself was involved and that by the time of his death, he was well liked by the people. The main beneficiary from the scandal was Albert Fall, Harding's Secretary of the Interior. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
A Tennessee teacher is charged with breaking the law which prohibited the teaching of Evelutionism in schools. Clarence Darrow, a well known lawyer from Chicago is sent to his defence while William Jennings Bryan is sent to prosecute Scopes. -
Democrats came close to controlling Congress
Despite the Republican controlled time period the Democrats came close to controlling Congress in the 1926 midterm elections. -
Charles Lindbergh completes first nonstop flight from New York to Paris
Charles Lindbergh completes a nonstop flight from New York to Paris in the single engine, single seater, Spirit of St. Louis. The accomplishment earns him the $25,000 Orteig Prize. The trip took 33 hours and 30 minutes. -
Sacco and Vanzetti executed
Sacco and Vanzetti were executed after they wered found guilty of murder. The evidence was more circumstancial and more than anything they were executed for their beliefs. Sacco and Vanzette were later found to have actually comitted the crime due to later forensic evidence. -
Election of 1928
The Election of 1928 between Herbert Hoover and Alfred Smith showed the rising power of the cities. Republicans still won. -
Stock Market Crashes
In 1929, the Stock Market crashed, beginning a period of economic depression which we know of today as the Great Depression.
