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The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.Prohibition begins.
The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol -
KDKA in Pittsburgh
A radio station licensed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first one established ever. -
Emergency Quota Act.
restricted immigration into the United States. -
cotton crop's
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
disaster contributed to a continued pattern of migration north by African Americans. -
Stock market rises
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. -
National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.
Congress restricted immigration by establishing national quotas. Asians and people from
southern and eastern Europe were subject to discrimination. -
Scopes trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee.
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. -
Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C.
Interest in the Ku Klux Klan increased as immigrants continued to enter the United States.
With more than five million members, the Klan marched to show its strength. -
“The Weary Blues.”
“The Weary Blues,” Langston Hughes’ first published book, showed an African-American life through poetry. It became a major example of the Harlem Renaissance. -
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic.
Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo transatlantic flight in 33 and one half hours. -
Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
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 . -
Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. president
Hoover’s reluctance to employ government resources to address economic problems helped
worsen the effects of the Depression.
