1920s

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  • The 19 admendment

    The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920.

  • kdka pittsburg

    KDKA (1020 kHz) is a radio station licensed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation on November 2, 1920, it is the world's first commercial radio station,

  • emergency quota act

    The Emergency Quota Act, also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921

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

    A Boll Weevil is a beetle that feasts on cotton and flowers. Migrating from Mexico, in 1922 the Boll Weevil destroyed more than 85% of the South's cotton crops.This devastated many southern jobs and hurt the economy.

  • The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop.

    The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a beetle which feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central America, it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the people working in the American south.

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

    On August 8, 1925 more than 40,000 members of the Kun Klux Klan marched through the streets of Washington D.C. The march was organized to counter reports of faltering enrollment. It grabbed the nation's attention with an iron fist,

  • Langston Hughes publishes “The Weary Blues.

    The Weary Blues" is a poem first published in the Urban League magazine, Opportunity. One of the poem's themes is the importance of music in everyday life. It has been credited as one of the first poems to combine music and poetry.

  • niccola sacco

    Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti shot and killed a paymaster for a shoe company, then escaped with $15,000. The two men were considered anarchist. The importance of this event was that their conviction was based on their politics and their ethnicity

  • herbert hoover

    Herbert Hoover took office the year the stock market crashed. Because he was leading the nation when this unfortunate event happened, he was given the blame.