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The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol
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A radio station licensed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first one established ever.
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restricted immigration into the United States.
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Most American farmers were in deep debt within a few years of the end of World War I. The
devastation of the cotton crop drove thousands of southern farmers into bankruptcy. This
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Investors began purchasing stocks on margin, a risky technique involving the purchase of
stocks with borrowed money ,
Many initially became wealthy, but were unable to pay debts when the stock prices fell in 1929. -
Congress restricted immigration by establishing national quotas. Asians and people from
southern and eastern Europe were subject to discrimination. -
John Scopes was taken to court and eventually fined for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. This case reflected one instance of a clash between modern and traditional values in the 1920s.
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Interest in the Ku Klux Klan increased as immigrants continued to enter the United States.
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“The Weary Blues,” Langston Hughes’ first published book, showed an African-American life through poetry. It became a major example of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo transatlantic flight in 33 and one half hours.
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Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists accused of robbery and murder during a period called the Red Scare. Their trial and execution reflected the decade’s fears about threats to the government .
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Hoover’s reluctance to employ government resources to address economic problems helped
worsen the effects of the Depression.
