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18th amendment
Prohibited the transpiration, sale, and manufacture of alcoholic beverages
Volstead Act (Prohibition Bureau in the Treasury) 1919- Specified that “no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export or posses liquor “; used to enforce 18 amendment- ineffective -
The Red Summer
a series of riots that were centered around race that took place between May and October of that year. The riots took place in over 30 cities in America, some of the bloodiest being in Chicago, Washington, Elaine and Arkansas. Some of the main causes to these would be the great migration and the Chicago race riot. -
Senate Rejects League
The Senate refuses to ratify the Versailles Treaty or authorize United States participation in the League of Nations. Senate majority leader Henry Cabot Lodge, a republican from Massachusetts opposed the treaty, specifically the part regarding the League of Nations. He argued that it took too much power and wrote 14 reservations. In place of the treaty, Congress passed a resolution. Known as the Knox-Porter Resolution, in 1921 to formally end the war with Germany. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Case
Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants who were accused as guilty for a murder but the two men pleaded not guilty. They were punished by being sent to the electric chair. At the time of the case there wasn’t enough of evidence to prove Sacco and Vanzetti guilty or innocent. Many people saw the whole case as a social injustice, thus sparking them to begin protest as a way to save Sacco and Vanzetti but the protest failed. This case led to the National Origins Act of 1924. -
Jazz Age
The Jazz Age is also known as the Harlem Renaissance, and it was so much more that just writing, art, and music. The Jazz Age was a time where African Americans flourished with the love and interest of their culture. Because of people like Marcus Garvey, who led the Back to Africa movement, many of the African Americans began to get in touch with their roots. -
Ku Klux Klan
Members campaigned violence towards white and black Republican leaders - Congress curb the terrorism being done by Klan members. After a period of decline, the KKK arose again in the 1920s, burning crosses, staging rallies, parded and marches against blacks, Catholics, Jews, etc. (1.5 million members during 1920s) -
election of 1920
Democratic- James M. Cox
Republican- Warren G. Harding
following Wilson’s progressive reforms (income tax). Harding ran a campaign “A Return to Normalcy” agreed that America was tired of war and reform, backed progressive reforms and focused on America first (isolationism, stability, and prosperity). Warren G. Harding won by 60% of the popular vote. Women were able to vote for the first time along with Irish Americans and German Americans. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal during the 1920s revealed the level of greed and corruptions within the federal government to Americans. The Scandal involved ornery oil typhoons, poker politicians, illegal liquor sales, a murder suicide , a womanizing president and a bagful of cash. -
Flappers
The 1920s were a time of change for women. In the year 1920, women finally gained the right to vote. Winning the vote was the first of many steps to becoming a modern woman in the 1920s. The modern woman was known as a flapper. Flappers wore skirts and dresses that were shorter, no longer wore corsets, smoked cigarettes in public, went to speakeasies, and danced the new dances such as the Charleston. The amount of working women increased by 25% during this decade. -
assembly line
The Ford Model T was produced as the process of an assembly line with interchangeable parts. Ford Model T assembly line was a manufacturing process which machines, equipment, and workers were positioned in a logical order; work went from one operation to the next until the final product. The Ford Model T automobile was assembled, production time went from 12 hours 8 minutes to 1 hour 33 minutes. -
Mellon Plan
The Mellon Plan was a package of economic legislation advocated by the staunch capitalist Andrew Mellon (1855–1937), who served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Republican Presidents Harding (1921–1923), Coolidge (1923–1929) and Hoover (1929–1933). The Mellon Plan was economic legislation passed by Congress in 1924 reducing taxes on the wealthy and businesses, advocating high tariffs and cuts in government spending and corporate taxes. -
Fordeny-MCcumberTariff
Congress passes the tariff that sharply raises tariff duties to protect the American market for American Manufactures. The tariff boosts the domestic economy of the roaring 20’s, but it also worsens the crisis for struggling European economies like Germany, this would led to Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. -
Magnolia Oil company
An 18,000-barrel confirmation well triggered a major leasing and drilling boom in the oldest producing section of the state the following year. This made Texas a huge oil contributor and this made railroads more useful and helped with cars production. By mid-1925, 1,725 wells were producing oil in the Corsicana area. Magnolia Oil Company operated the largest refinery in the region. -
Scopes Trial
John Scopes was a biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee. Scopes angered the townspeople whenever he introduced the theory of evolution to his high school pupils. They were so upset that they took Scopes to court. William Bryan Jennings was the prosecuting attorney during the trial. The ruling of the court case was that John Scopes had to pay a fine of $100. The Scopes Trial was the spark of people beginning to question religion in America, which is why the case was so controversial. -
Stock Market Crash
on October 24, Black Thursday, a record 12,894,650 shares were traded. Investment companies and leading bankers attempted to stabilize the market by buying up great blocks of stock, producing a moderate rally on Friday. On Monday, however, the storm broke anew, and the market went into free fall. Black Monday was followed by Black Tuesday (October 29), in which stock prices collapsed completely and 16,410,030 shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day.
