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Volstead Act
This act was used to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment and can also be known as the National Prohibition Act. -
Palmer Raids
This is where they attempted to arrest and deport radical leftists by the United States Department of Justice. -
Treaty of Versailles Rejected
This treaty was sadly the first to be rejected in Senate because it had no Amendments to back it up and just reservations. -
18th Amendment
This amendment prohibited alcohol in the United States and it was illegal to transport it throughout the world to. -
Red Scare
This is known as the fearing of potential rising of communism. -
19th Amendment
This amendment allowed all human beings no matter of race or sex to be able to vote. -
Warren G. Harding Elected President
This man was the 29th president of the United States and also a republican. He also served in the Ohio Senate and the United States Senate. While in the Senate he was known for protecting alcohol interests and also moderately supporting suffrage. -
Washington Disarmament Conference
Major conference where they talked about treaties and regarding interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
This is mainly known as the scandal involving a former United States Naval Oil reserve in Wyoming. -
Calvin Coolidge Became President
This man was the 30th President of the United States and the 29th Vice President. This man also was a republican lawyer before he ever hit offfice. -
J. Edgar Hoover Appointed Director of the Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar was the first ever director for the FBI. Also to find out he was the founder of the FBI. -
Immigration Act Basic Law
This law limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to the small percentage of 2%. -
Scopes Trial
A tenessee high school teacher was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act which was unlawful to be able to teach human evolution in any school that was state funded. -
NBC Founded
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Charles Lindberg Made First Trans-Atlantic Flight
This man was awarded the nation's highest military decoration for his wonderous adventure and was a U.S. Army Corps Reserve Officer. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Executed
This 2 men got executed for the killing of 2 men during an armed robbery in a shoe factory. -
The Jazz Singer Released
Movie about a jewish family and there son that loves jazz music so becomes a jazz singer. -
Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean
She was an American aviation pioneer and author. She was also the first female to fly a plane such a far distance. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Agreement where states promised not to use war to resolve their problems and many states failed terribly at this. -
Herbert Hoovers Elected President
This man as you can see in the picture was the 31st President of the United States. In his election he won the republican side without even having any experience in office. -
St. Valentines Day Massacre
This was the wonderful horrifying name given to the 1929 murder of seven mob associates of North side Irish gang. -
Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)
This was where the stock market went down and all banks,atms,and anything else holding your money would not give it back so you had to wait in lines for hours trying to get your money. -
Great Depression Began
This is where all the banks took your money and would not open up to anyone to give it back so people struggled to make it through,
