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Model-T
Model T, produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 to 1927, was the earliest effort to make a car that most people could actually buy. -
President Harding’s Return to Normalcy
Harding's promise was to return the United States' prewar mentality, without the thought of war in the minds of the American people. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s. It helped African American writers and artists gain control over the representation of black culture and experience. -
Red Scare
A period in US when there was a suspicion of communism and fear of widespread infultration of communism The name "Red Scare" refers to the red flags that the communists used. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involved in the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company. -
Joseph Stalin Leads USSR
Joseph Stalin rose to power as General Secretary of the Communist Party in Russia, becoming a Soviet dictator after the death of Vladimir Lenin. Stalin forced rapid industrialization and the collectivization of agricultural land, resulting in millions dying from famine while others were sent to labor camps. -
The Scopes Monkey Trial
The Scopes Monkey Trial was a nationally-famous Tennessee court case that upheld a state law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools in the state. Named after John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation the state law. -
Charles Lindbergh’s Trans-Atlantic Flight
The aviator Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean -
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the 1929 Valentine's Day murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang by orders of rival gangster, Al Capone. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park garage on the morning of Valentine's Day. -
Stock Market Crashes “Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the fourth and last day of the stock market crash of 1929. Investors traded a record 16.4 million shares in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost leaving investors bankrupt.
