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KDKA in Pittsburgh
The KDKA in Pittsburgh was the first ever radio station. It was herd in many states and helped spread news more quickly. -
Prohibition
The prohibition bannen the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alchol in the United States. It was put in place to reduce deaths and domestic violence. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment made it legal for both sexes to be able to vote. -
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1920s
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Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
The Emergency quota Act was put into place to limit the number of immigrants coming into the United States, because of the wide spread of unemployment. -
The boll weevil ruins more than 85 % of the South's cotton crop
The boll weevil created more damage to cotton than anyother insect. It greatly reduced the United States cotton production -
The Stock Market begins its spectacular rise
The tax rate is lowered and the economy starts to recover from the great depression -
National Origins Act
The Act replaced the Emergency Quota Act and limited the intake of immigrants to 2 % of the number of immigrants from that country already living in U.S. -
KKK March on Washington
3 million KKK members marchen through washington to gain National attention. -
Scopes Trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee
The Scopes trial was about John Scopes was fined 100 dollars for teaching evolution. This trial brought up a dispute between modern and tradional values. -
Langston Hughes publishes " The Weary Blues"
The Weary Blues was the first peom to combine both music and poetry. The poem encouraged and reconized Jazz and the Blues. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are excuted
Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted after killing 2 men in a shoe factory robbery. They were excuted and later after their death they were ruler unfairly excuted and the case was reopened. -
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic
The flight was the first solo non stop flight across the Atlantic. Charles won many awards and became an instant celeberity. -
Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president
President Hoover turned the economy aroud and got out of the Great Depression. He did this with economic experence and ridded ineffiency and waste.
