Late Teens & Roaring 20's

  • Harlem Renaissance Began

    Harlem Renaissance Began

    A cultural movement that spanned the 1920's
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    Established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States
  • Red Scare

    Red Scare

    The promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism
  • Treaty of Versailles Rejected

    Treaty of Versailles Rejected

    One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I
  • Volstead Act

    Volstead Act

    Enacted to carry the intent of the Eighteenth Amendment
  • Palmer Raids

    Palmer Raids

    Attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Prohibited denial of voting rights due to gender
  • Warren G. Harding Elected President

    Warren G. Harding Elected President

    Warren G. Harding was elected president
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal

    Bribery incident
  • Washington Disarment Conference

    Military conference held by President Warren G. Harding
  • Fordney-McCumber Tariff

    Fordney-McCumber Tariff

    A law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms
  • Calvin Coolidge Became President

    Calvin Coolidge Became President

    Due to the death of Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge was made president
  • Immigration Act Basic Law

    Immigration Act Basic Law

    Limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country
  • Scopes Trial

    Scopes Trial

    Famous American legal case in 1925 where John Scopes was accused of violating the Butler Act
  • NBC Founded

    NBC Founded

    The channel NBC was founded
  • Charles Lindberg Made First Trans-Atlantic Flight

    Charles Lindberg Made First Trans-Atlantic Flight

    Charles Lindberg flies across the Atlantic
  • Sacco and Vanzetti Executed

    Sacco and Vanzetti Executed

    Two anarchists convicted of murdering two men during a robbery
  • The Jazz Singer Released

    The Jazz Singer Released

    The film The Jazz Singer came out
  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    The murder of seven mob associates
  • Herbert Hoovers Elected President

    Herbert Hoovers Elected President

    Herbert Hoover was elected president
  • Kellogg-Briand Pact

    Kellogg-Briand Pact

    Agreement to not use war to resolve conflicts
  • Great Depression Began

    Great Depression Began

    A severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II
  • Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)

    Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)

    The beginning of The Great Depression
  • Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean

    Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean

    Amelia Earhart begins her flight across the Atlantic Ocean
  • J. Edgar Hoover Appointed Director of the Bureau of Investigation

    J. Edgar Hoover Appointed Director of the Bureau of Investigation

    J. Edgar Hoover becomes the director of the Bureau of Investigation