The 1920's

By emonkey

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition
    Prohibition in the United States was a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933.The ban was mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and the Volstead Act set down the rules for enforcing the ban and defined the types of alcoholic beverages that were prohibited.

  • Emergency Quota Act

    Emergency Quota Act
    The Emergency Quota Act restricts immigration by setting limits based on the number of foreign-born people already in the country in 1910. Immigration must not exceed three percent of each nationality already in the United States in that year.

  • Miss America

    Miss America
    The first Miss America pageant is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is won by Margaret Gorman for the title of the Golden Mermaid trophy, later dubbed Miss America.

  • Unknown soldier

    Unknown soldier
    The Unknown soldier is buried at Arliington.

  • Womens Rights

    Womens Rights
    The Supreme Court declares the 19th Amendment (votes for women) to be constitutional.

  • The Teapot Dome Scandal

    The Teapot Dome Scandal
    The Teapot Dome scandal erupts as the deal between Harry F. Sinclair of Mammoth Oil and Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall is revealed. Fall had illegally leased federal lands to Sinclair's company without calling for competitive bids; after the investigation, Fall is the first cabinet member in U. S. history to go to jail.

  • Charles Lindbergh

    Charles Lindbergh
    Charles Lindbergh flies The Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris, traveling 3600 miles in 33 and a half hours.

  • Ford Model A

    Ford Model A
    The Ford Model A, the successor to the Model T, is produced under great secrecy. Production lines have been shut down and retooled to produce it. Public curiosity is finally satisfied on December 2 when the car goes on sale. By 1929, 1.5 million Model A cars had been sold.

  • Micky and Minnie Mouse

    Micky and Minnie Mouse
    The first appearance of Mickey and Minnie Mouse on film occurs with the release of the animated short film, "Plane Crazy".

  • Valentine's Day Massacre

    Valentine's Day Massacre
    In the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre," six gangsters from the "Bugs" Moran mob and another man are gunned down in a Chicago garage.