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Prohibition begins.
The 18 amendment made the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor illegal, which beginning Prohibition in the United States. It took place on January 16 1920 -
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.
The nineteenth amendment gave wemon the right to vote. The amendment was adopted on August 18, 1920 -
KDKA in Pittsburgh
KDKA was the first radio station. it was stationed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation on November 2, 1920. -
Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
The emergency quota act only let a certain number of people from each country to enter the U.S. per year. It set quotas on immigration into the United States on -
The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.
The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.- It advanced 40 to 160 miles a year and by 1922 it had infected more than 85 percent of our Cotton Belt. -
The stock market begins its spectacular rise.
Investers began to purches large ammounts of stocks. This was very risky but they only did it to become wealthy. -
National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.
Congress restricted immigration by establishing national quotas. Asians and people from southern and eastern Europe were subject to discrimination. -
Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.
John Scopes was taken to court and eventually fined for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. He only sad what he believed. -
Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C.
Interest in the Ku Klux Klan increased as immigrants continued to enter the United States. With more than five million members, the Klan marched to show its strength and political clout. -
Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.”
The poems progress at a self-assured and lyrical pace—partly because Hughes expected them to be performed with musical accompaniment in the famous Harlem clubs of that era.Helped spread Harlem Renaissance. -
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic. Lindbergh made his name in a small single engine plane with five sandwiches and a quarter of water. The twenty-five year old Charles A. Lindbergh’s historic non-stop flight from New York to Paris may have taken
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic. Lindbergh made his name in a small single engine plane with five sandwiches and a quarter of water. The twenty-five year old Charles A. Lindbergh’s historic non-stop flight. Lindbergh made his name in a small single engine plane with five sandwiches and a quarter of water. The twenty-five year old Charles A. Lindbergh’s historic non-stop flight from New York to Paris may have taken thirty-three hours. First to fly across the atlantic ocean by himself. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed. Sacco and Vanzetti were to spend the next six years in prison as appeal after appeal was turned down. Finally, on August 23rd 1927, they were executed. Italian immigrants/ threats to the government / Part of the red scare -
Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president
Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1932. The election took place in the midst of the Great Depression that had ruined the promises of incumbent President and Republican candidate Herbert Hoover to bring about a new era of prosperity.