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Prohabition Begins
Prohabition was the 18th Amendment and was radified in 1919 but didn't take effect until 1920. Prohabition is the ban on alcohol. -
19th Amendment is Ratified
Women are allowed to vote. Brought to be by the Suffrage movement. -
KDKA in Pittsburg
A radio station in Pennslyannia. First commercially licensed station. -
Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
This act restricted immigration into the US. Allows only 3% of people from one country a year. -
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The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.
This was a beetle that infest the south and ruined 85% of crops -
Stock Market begins spectacular rise
stock market rise attributed to higer wages and a better economy -
National Origins Act replaces Emergancy Quota Act
More restirictions on immigration. Aimed twoards the eastern European immigrants. -
Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C
750 KKK members march through washington DC. 160 join klan -
Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”
Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.” A book mainly of poetry. -
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic
Charles Linbergh flies the spirit of st. louis from Long Island to Paris. Proving it could be done and popularizing flight as a way of transportation -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
Two italian immigrants falsely charged and executed for murder and burgulary -
Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president.
Elected at a time of economic sucess. Blameed for depression because he was the president at the time.
