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The 19th amendmennt forbids any U.S citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of if you are a male or female. This amendment was the high point for the womens suffrage movement in the United States.
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KDKA is the worlds first commercial radio station and was created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Today the radio station is owned by CBS Radio and is still operating.
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The Emergency Quota Act is also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921. This restricted immigrants from coming into the country. The immigration level was limited to 3%.
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The Boll Weevil was a beetle and was considered one of the most harmful pest in the U.S. The beetles traveled from Mexico into Texas and attacked the cotten crops.
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The National Origins Act replaces the Emergency Quota Act. The National Orginis Act lowered the quota of immigration.
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There were 50,000 to 60,000 men and women in white robes that marched. They marched down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Langston Hughes was an author of several plays, poems, and novels. He was twenty-four years old when the Weary Blues was published. He also died in Harlem in 1967.
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Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian men that were born anarchists. They were charged with murder for killing a guard and paymaster during a robbery.
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Herbert Hoover was elected in the 36th presidential election. He was nominated as the Republican candidate.
