Chapter 25

  • Palmer Raids

    Palmer Raids
  • Eighteenth Amendment ratified

    Eighteenth Amendment ratified
  • U.S. agents arrest 1,700 people in Red Scare raids

    U.S. agents arrest 1,700 people in Red Scare raids
  • Nineteenth Amendment passed

    Nineteenth Amendment passed
  • WWJ-Detroit broadcasts first commercial radio program

    WWJ-Detroit broadcasts first commercial radio program
  • Transcontinental airmail service inaugurated

    Transcontinental airmail service inaugurated
  • Budget Bureau set up to oversee federal spending

    Budget Bureau set up to oversee federal spending
  • Sheppard-Towner Act enacted

    Sheppard-Towner Act enacted
  • Newspapers expose Ku Klux Klan

    Newspapers expose Ku Klux Klan
  • Henry Luce publishes Time magazine

    Henry Luce publishes Time magazine
  • Senate probes Teapot Dome scandal

    Senate probes Teapot Dome scandal
  • National Origins Quota Act

    National Origins Quota Act
  • Verteran's WWI bonus bill passed

    Verteran's WWI bonus bill passed
  • Scopes Trial

    Scopes Trial
  • First Martha Graham modern dance recital

    First Martha Graham modern dance recital
  • First nonstop flight from New York to Paris

    First nonstop flight from New York to Paris
  • Sacco and Vanzetti executed

    Sacco and Vanzetti executed
  • Coolidge vetoes farm price-control bill

    Coolidge vetoes farm price-control bill
  • The Jazz Singer, features singing-talking soundtrack

    The Jazz Singer, features singing-talking soundtrack
  • Herbert Hoover wins election

    Herbert Hoover wins election