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Too Much Cotton
The price of cotton went up 42 cent a pound which lead to farmers planting the largest crops in history. -
Prohibition in the United States
Alcohol had a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. -
The 19th Ammendment
The 19th Amendment was ratified. -
Louisiana Flood of 1922
Thousands of people affected by the flood -
German Reparations
Germany was forced to pay all reparations from WW2 by the Treaty of Versailles. -
Great Gatsby
The book was published in April of 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. -
Immigrants Executed
Italian Immigrants named Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti where executed by the electric chair. -
Babe Ruth hit's 60th Home Run
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First "Talking" Motion Picture
Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer, the first "talking" motion picture, premiered -
Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney was the voice behind the first cartoon with synchronized sounds titled "Steamboat Willie". -
New York Stock Exchange Fails
People became over confident and started to put a lot of money into stocks, thinking they could get quick money. However, prices fall and the market losses millions. Many people lost everything, bring the 1920's to a close.
