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Timeline of the 1920s

By 18bgibson
  • KDKA in Pittsburgh

    KDKA in Pittsburgh

    is a radio station in pittsburgh pennsylvania.Created by The Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
  • The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.Prohibition begins.

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

    prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.
  • Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act

    Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act

    The Emergency Quota Act, also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, the Per Centum Law, and the Johnson 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 U.S. Agricultural Department considered the cotton boll weevil to be one of the most harmful pests to have existed in the United States. It was one of the most valuable crops in the agricultural South, and it was under attack by a seemingly indestructible new beetle known as the boll weevil.
  • The stock market begins its spectacular rise.National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.

    The stock market begins its spectacular rise.National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.

    People started to think that this stock market prosperity is permanent and has the power to pull out the economic crises.
  • Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C.Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.

    Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C.Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.

    The Ku Klux Klan or just the Klan, is the name of three distinct movements in the United States. That first began violence against African Americans in the South during the Reconstruction Era.
  • Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.

    Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.

    The Weary Blues is a poem written by American poet Langston Hughes.
  • Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.

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

    Were Italian-born anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in Braintree, Massachusetts.
  • Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president.

    Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president.

    Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States.Hoover, born to a Quaker family.He was a professional mining engineer.