Roaring 20's

  • Red Scare

    Red Scare

    A Red Scare is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents.
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    started the prohibition
  • Treaty of Versaillies

    Treaty of Versaillies

    one of the peace treaties at the end on=f ww1
  • Volsted Act

    Volsted Act

    Also known as the national prohibition act, this was intended to carry out the 18th amendment in prohibiton in the U.S.
  • Palmer Raids

    Palmer Raids

    The Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States
  • Harlem Renissance Begins

    Harlem Renissance Begins

    was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement"
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    This was an amendment added to the constitution to strt giving women equal rights of man.
  • Warren G. Harding Elected President

    Warren G. Harding Elected President

    Warren Ahrding Elected President
  • Washington Disarment Confernce

    Washington Disarment Confernce

    Conducted outside the auspices of the League of Nations, it was attended by nine nations—the United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal—regarding interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia.
  • Fordney Mcumbrey Tariff

    Fordney Mcumbrey Tariff

    The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was a tax put in place to protect farms and factories. This tariff was put in place in 1922 by President Warren Harding. This tariff raised the old tax by 38.5 percent
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal

    A bribery incident thay took place in the us from 1920-1923 during the administration of warren g harding
  • Calvin Coolidge Became President

    Calvin Coolidge Became President

    Calvin Coolidge Became President
  • Immigration Act Basic Law

    Immigration Act Basic Law

    limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2%
  • Scopes Trial

    Scopes Trial

    A trial in which a teacher named John Scopes was accused for teaching human evolution in a state owned school.
  • NBC Founded

    NBC Founded

    NBC was founded
  • Charles Lenenburg Made First Trans-Atlantic Flight

    Charles Lenenburg Made First Trans-Atlantic Flight

    he did it
  • Sacoo and Vanzetti Executed

    Sacoo and Vanzetti Executed

    They were executed for commiting murder
  • The Jazz Singer Released

    The Jazz Singer Released

    this movie was realeased by a man named al jolson
  • Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Accross the Atlantic

    Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Accross the Atlantic

    she was the first woman to do it
  • Kellog Braind Pact

    Kellog Braind Pact

    A pact in which nations promised not to use war as a way to settle disputes.
  • J. Edgar Hoover Appointed Head Od B.I.

    J. Edgar Hoover Appointed Head Od B.I.

    appointed director
  • St. Valentines Day Massacre

    St. Valentines Day Massacre

    The name given to the murder of 7 mob associates
  • Herbert Hoovers Elected President

    Herbert Hoovers Elected President

    Herbert Hoover was elected president.
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression

    the stock market crashed
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash

    began in late October 1929 and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States