Timeline of the 1920's

By 18vbarco
  • KDKA in Pittsburgh

    KDKA in Pittsburgh

    The KDKA was the first commercial broadcasting station in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
  • The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted Prohibition begins

    The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted Prohibition begins

    The 19th ammendment gave women the right to vote. The prohibition banned the sale, production, importation and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
  • Congress Enacts Emergency Quota Act

    Congress Enacts Emergency Quota Act

    The emergency quota act restricted immigration into the United States.
  • 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

    The boll weevil is said to be the biggest crop pest in the southern united states in 1922 when it deystroyed more than 50% of their cotton crops.
  • The stock market begins to rise. The national origins act replaces the emergency quota act.

    The stock market begins to rise. The national origins act replaces the emergency quota act.

    The stock market rise in 1924 was good then fell and led to tthe great depression. A law that severely restricted immigration by establishing a system of national quotas that discriminated against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and virtually excluded Asians.
  • The Ku Klux Klan marches through Washington D.C.. The scopes trial takes place.

    The Ku Klux Klan marches through Washington D.C.. The scopes trial takes place.

    The 50000-60000 Ku Klux Klan members marched through washington D.C. The scopes trial was a trial against a teacher who taught evolution in a public school in Tennessee and broke the law.
  • Langston Hughes publishes " The Weary Blues".

    Langston Hughes publishes " The Weary Blues".

    Hughes published this book in 1926 and said his poetic philosophy that he is not only speaking for himself but for the whole african american population.
  • Sacco and Vanzetti are executed. Charles Lindenbergh flies across the Atlantic.

    Sacco and Vanzetti are executed. Charles Lindenbergh flies across the Atlantic.

    Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian born anarchist who were covicted of murdering a guard and paymaster during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in massachusetts.
    Charles lindenburgh was a american aviator, author, inventor, explorer and social activist.
  • Herbert Hoover is elected president.

    Herbert Hoover is elected president.

    Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States, he was the president during the Great Depression and many times got blamed for the depression starting.