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A period of U.S. history in which African Americans became more prevalent in the performing arts and practical arts. -
On August 19th, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was passed. This allowed women to vote during what was known as the Women’s Suffrage Movement. This is a political cartoon conveying the adoption of an amendment to the Ohio Constitution for women's suffrage by the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1912. Ohio voters defeated the amendment. On June 16, 1919 Ohio became the fifth state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution granting women the right to vote. -
Babe Ruth set a baseball record of 59 more home runs than his previous baseball season in 1920. -
The Emergency Quota Act was the act of restricting the number of immigrants admitted from any outside countries. -
This was a treaty that agreed to prevent an arms race through naval construction. This is a map of where the naval construction took place. -
This was a war that pitted Irish nationalists against British security forces and Irish loyalists. -
Calvin Coolidge was inaugrated as the 30th president of the United States following the death of Warren G. Harding. *In this photo, Coolidge is nailing a sign on the door of the White House that states “THIS is the executive office”, meaning that there is no dounbt as to who is in charge of the government. -
Warren G. Harding was pronounced dead by a heart attack in San Francisco. -
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants into the country through a nations national quota. -
The Dawes Plan resolved the issue of the reparations that Germany owed to the many Allies of World War I. -
Nellie Ross won her campaign on November 4th,1924, with 43,323 votes against her opponents 35,275 votes.
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The Scopes Monkey Trial was the result of the arrest of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school. -
On September 13th, 1926, the KKK held a march for the first time, making them mainstream. Shown are the places the KKK have marched. -
The Imperial Conference was held in London from October 19th-November 23rd 1926.
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On October 4th, 1927, Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers started crafting the national monument known as Mount Rushmore.
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In 1927, the first move with sound the Jazz Singer, premieres to limited audiences. -
Herbert Hoover wins the U.S election by a landslide against Alfred E. Smith. In this cartoon, Herbert Hoover is depicted as someone who is told issues, making it known that he is president. -
This outlawed war as a national policy as the first clause and a treaty as the second clause.
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The St. Valentines Day Massaccre was the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago’s North Side Gang.
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The arrest of Al capone was finally made after an eleven year sentence in federal prison for income tax evasion. In 1929, he was arrested for carrying a concealed , 38 caliber pistol.