Timeline

History Timeline Project

  • Great MIgration

    Great MIgration

    African Americans left the rural South to come to the urban NorthEast. This happened between 1910-1970. They wanted to get away from the Jim Crow Laws
  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

    The act of prohibiting the manufacturing, storage in barrels, bottles, transportation and sale of alcohol including alcoholic beverages. (1919-1933)
  • Flappers

    Flappers

    These women were called Flappers. They were fun loving women. They could go out on blind dates or anywhere without having a chaperone. (in the 1920s)
  • Growth of Movies

    Growth of Movies

    5,000 theatres to 22,5000
    4th largest business in America
  • Growth of Radios

    Growth of Radios

    from 60,000 to 10,250,000
    more than 100 radio stations
  • The Jazz Age

    The Jazz Age

    Jazz music and dancing became popualr in the United States.
  • Labor Problems in the 1920s

    Labor Problems in the 1920s

    Jobs places were decreasing.It was getting so crowded.
  • Nativism

    Nativism

    This was the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
  • Stock Market

    Stock Market

    This organized trading stocks; stocks are partial ownership of a comapny.
  • Buying on the Margin

    Buying on the Margin

    borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal

    The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. (1921-1922)
  • Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart

    She was the 1st woman to fly across the atlantic. She was the first person to fly from Hawaii to California. She disappeared attempting to fly around the world. This occured in 1928.
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    The Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929, and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout.
  • Red Scare

    Red Scare

    This was the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism.(1950s)
  • Growth Of Organized Crime

    Growth Of Organized Crime

    Organized crimes were increasing.