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Prohibition begins
The 18th amendment was taken into place that outlawed alcoholic beverages to be sold, consumed, imported or exported. It was later repealed in 1933. -
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.
August 18th was the day they ratified the amendment and put it into place. This gave the women the right to vote and gave them more independence as well as freedom. -
KDKA in Pittsburgh
6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1920 the first broadcast was sent out for the election night broadcast. There was 1000 listeners, and they heard Warren G. Harding beat James Cox. Of was said to be the world's first commercial radio station. -
Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
This act restricted immigration into the United States. It had limits on immigration from Europe and the used a quota system to establish those limits. -
85% of South's Crops ruined.
The boll weevil ruins more than 85 percent of the South’s cotton crop. This caused southern farmers to become bankrupt because they were already stuggling from WWI. -
The stock market begins its spectacular rise.
This time was full of optimism. People started to think that this stock market prosperity is permanent and has the power to pull out the economic crises. -
National Origins Act replaces Emergency Quota Act.
It restricted the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans and practically excluded Asians and other nonwhites from entry into the United States. It was ratified on May 26, 1926. -
Scopes Trial
John Scopes was charged of teaching evolution in Dayton, Tenneesee. The Butler act made it illegal to reach evolution, so he was charged $100 dollars. -
KKK marches in Washington D.C
Members of the kkk marched through Washington DC to symbolize their power and that they shouldn't be messed with. Also, to let the government know how big they are. -
Weary Blues by Langston Hughes Published
"The Weary Blues" was first published in the Urban League magazine, Opportunity. It was awarded best poem of the year by the magazine. The poem was published in Hughes' first book, a collection of poems, also entitled The Weary Blues. -
Charles Lindbergh flies across Atlantic
Charles was the first person to ever fly solo over the Atlantic ocean. He heard there was a $25,000 prize to be the first person to fly from New York to Paris when he worked as a mail pilot a year earlier. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Executed
Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants that were both anarchist's and accused of robbing a bank while killing a paymaster and the guard at the bank. They were later found not to be guilty. -
Herbert Hoover Elected President
Herbert Hoover became the 31 president of the U.S. Hoover easily won the Republican nomination, despite having no elected-office experience.
