The 1920s in the United States

By addyhuth55
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    The American Prohibition

    The selling and consumption of alcohol became illegal.

  • The Nineteenth Amendment

    Women get the right to vote in 1920

  • The US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles

    Based on objections to the League of Nations

  • Time Magazine is published for the first time

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby

    Major addition to the arts and literature industry

  • The Scopes Trial

    John Thomas Scopes violated the Butler Act by teaching the theory of evolution in his highschool class.

  • Babe Ruth 60th Home Run

    Babe Ruth hits 60th home run of the season. He breaks his own record.

  • The Jazz Singer was released

    The first motion picture with sound

  • The First Official Female Flight

    Amelia Earhart flew the first Trans-Atlantic flight.

  • St. Valentines Massacre

    The murder of 7 men in Chicago. Showed the power that Al Capone had

  • The Stock Market Crash

    Black Tuesday, Wall Street crashed