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The promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents.
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Effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport and sale of alcohol illegal.
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Were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States.
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Enacted to carry out the intent of the Eighteenth Amendment, which established prohibition in the United States. The Anti-Saloon League's Wayne Wheeler conceived and drafted the bill, which was named for Andrew Volstead, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who managed the legislation.
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The United States Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles, by a vote of 49-35, falling seven votes short of a two-thirds majority needed for approval.
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Allowed women the right to vote.
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The Movement also included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States.
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He was the first incumbent U.S. senator and the first newspaper publisher to be elected U.S. president
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Were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in South Braintree, Massachusetts.
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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.
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Was a law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods in order to protect factories and farms.
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A bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and two other locations in California to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding.
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He was elected as the 29th Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923.
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Was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country.
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The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes. John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.
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NBC is the oldest major broadcast network in the United States.
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Made first Trans-Atlantic flight.
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The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, its release heralded the commercial ascendance of the "talkies" and the decline of the silent film era.
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International agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to settle disagreements.
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Murder of seven mob associates of North side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran during the Prohibition Era
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He was elected as president and had no electoral experience or high military rank.
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The sudden devastating collapse of US stock market prices, known as Black Tuesday.
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Billions of dollars were lost in stock exchange, wiping out thousands of investors, and stock tickers ran hours behind because the machinery could not handle the tremendous volume of trading.
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Flew Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean
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Appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation.
