main events in 1920's and Great Depresstion

By sarasmalldoglover

  • theaters

    The first movie theaters, called palaces, opened in 1915 in New York City.

  • Flapper

    Women started to change there look and behavior.

  • alcoholic beverages

    Eighteenth Amendment was in force and alcoholic beverages could not legally be manufactured, transported, or sold in the United States.

  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford revolutionized factory production because of the assembly line.

  • criminal money

    Prohibition of alcoholic beverages gave criminals a way to illegally make money.
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    Great depresstion

  • womens right

    the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote adn they had full citizenship.

  • homeless

    Some people who became homeless would ride on railroad cars

  • Great Depresstion

    Herbert Hoover was president when the Great Depression began. He declared in March 1930, that the U.S. had “passed the worst”.

  • Not Enough

    Almost half of the children who were living in the United States did not have enough food, shelter, or medical care.

  • herbert hoover

    Hoover got named aftera lot of things like the Hoovervilles where the homeless lived. or Hooverstew food the feed to the homeless.