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Model T
The four-cylinder, twenty-horsepower Model T was first offered on this date and sold for $825. -
UNIA Founded
Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association on this date. This organization aimed at promoting black pride and unity. -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan regained strength due to more strength with new nativist fears. They targeted anyone but American Protestants. -
19th Amendment
This amendment granted women the right to vote and was later ratified on August 18,1920. -
Sacco and Vanzetti
Rob and murder a guard. The three strikes against him were that they were anarchists, Italian immigrants, and they invaded the draft. -
Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding of the Republican Party is elected on this date and gives the promise of returning to a life before the war. -
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Washington Naval Conference
During the conference they proposed the scrapping of some of the warships and to discontinue building the others. The goal of the conference was disarmament which is the reduction of the military's size. -
Calvin Coolidge
Takes office after Warren G. Harding passes away. His political party was Republican. -
Native American Citizenship Act
Native American Citizenship Act passed on this date. Granted all of the Native American's citizenship and gave them the right to vote. -
Scopes "Monkey" Trial
John T. Scopes was convicted on this date for teaching his students evolution in the Tennessee school system. -
NBC Founded
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) set up a network of stations to broadcast daily programs on this date. -
Charles Lindbergh Flight
Charles Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean on this date. -
First Bread Slicer Created
Otto Frederick Rohwedder’s invention, the automatic bread-slicing machine, was the first machine used to make pre-cut bread. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
This pact outlawed offensive war. It was important because it showed that many nations did not want war and they just wanted peace. It was signed by 64 nations. -
21st Amendment
This amendment repealed the 18th Amendment of the United States Constitution. The 18th Amendment prohibited the selling, manufacturing, and transporting of alcohol nationwide.
