ELA timeline By draked 1913 Shoeless Joe Jackson and seven other Chicago White Sox players indicted for conspiring with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series 1917 United States enters WW 1917 Herbert Hoover was nominated for President Dec 18, 1917 18" Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages Jun 4, 1918 19" Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote Nov 11, 1918 World War I ends 1920 Flapper dress introduced - it featured a drop waist or no waist at all Nov 2, 1920 First Radio Broadcast station, KDKA, opens in Pittsburgh 1921 First Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City, NJ 1922 T.S. Eliot published The Wasteland and James Joyce publishes Ulysses 1923 Fashion designer Gabrielle "CoCo" Chanel returns from a cruise with a suntan. Her bronzed look starts the sunbathing fashion 1924 First book of Crossword puzzles published and a new mania begins May 16, 1924 First Academy Awards ceremony held - movie WINGS wins best picture 1925 John Scopes convicted for teaching evolution "in trial of the century" Sep 13, 1925 40,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan march on Washington May 1, 1926 Ford Motor Company begins paying $6 a day and establishes the 40 hour work week. May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first solo flight across the Atlantic Oct 6, 1927 First talking movie - The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson opens 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crashes - "Black Tuesday" is labeled