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18th Amendment
Prohibition of alcholic beverages. Outlawed sale, making, and transporting of any alcohol. -
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Roaring 20's
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Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids gained its name because on June 2, anarchoist Carlo Valdinoci blew the doors off Attorney General Mitchell Palmer's home in D.C. This was the first attack of many that happened that day. -
Red Scare
New Year's Day 6000+ people were arrested. Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested and later killed for acts they did not commit. America was afraid of anarchist at the time, so the judicial system turned a blind eye to these type of things. -
Great Migration
The great migratoin was the movement of nearly 6 million southern blacks traveled North to start a new life. After the civil war ended the rural south slowly adopted Jim Crow Laws and share cropping both which left blacks in a rough enviroment to live. -
Marcus Garvey
Created the UNIA. Born in Jamaica and died 1940. Participated in the Pan-Africanism and Black Nationalism movements. -
19th Amendment
This amendment was passed to give women more rights. The main thing was women got the right to vote. -
World Series
Cleveland Indians v. Brooklyn Dodgers
Wambsgnass only un-assisted triple recorded in World Series History. Early in season Ray Chapman from Cleveland dies from being hit with pitch. -
34th Presidental Election
The Harding landslide. Republican Warren G. Harding won the vote by 60%. This election was a big deal because of all the clean up going on because of post WWI. -
Immigrtation Act
Enacted to limit the amount of immigrants allowed to enter US. This act was important because over a million Europeans had plans to move to U.S. because of the recently ended WW1. -
Charles Lindbergh
Mr. Lindbergh was the first aviator to fly across the Atlantic solo and nonstop. -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford created the Model T which was the first mass produced vehicle. He had a massive assembly line factory and the Ford name is still one of the best in the buisness till this day. -
Al Capone
Capone was the gangster of the time. One of his most famous acts was the St. Valentines day massacare. -
Al Capones Arrest
The leader of crime in the Roaring 20's Al Capone.
It was not even his true arrest that sent the criminal to Alcatraz for 11 years but this is the date it all started falling downhill for Capone. He was to appear as a witness in Chicago court for prohibtion violations and did not show. -
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover, the US's 31st President. Mr. Hoover spent a ton of money and spending this money created jobs to bring America out of the depression. -
Stock Market Crash
Black Tuesday the day the stock market crashed. This day caused a 10 year downturn for America like never experienced before. On black tuesday around 16 million shares were done in the Stock Exchange.
