1920's

By Jeffreybarr0

  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    Granted all women the right to vote. Before the 19th only men could vote for in presidential elections. More than 26 million women got their citizenship affirmed.

  • First radio

    First radio
    The first radio station ever was KDKA out of Pittsburgh. It first aired on November 8, 1920. People loved the radio and it became very popular in all homes.

  • First Miss America pageant

    First Miss America pageant
    First pageant was held in Atlantic City. It included 7 representatives from different cities and Atlantic City. Sixteen year-old Margaret Gorman from Washington, DC won the first competition.

  • The boll weevil

    The boll weevil
    A boll weevil is a beetle that feeds off of cotton buds and flowers. A female boll weevil can lay up to 200 eggs over a 12 day period. It cost the US cotton producers nearly $13 billion.

  • The Teapot Dome Scandal

    The Teapot Dome Scandal
    Some members of the Harding Administration used their positions to sell government jobs, pardons, and protection from prosecution. After Harding died on August 2, 1923 news of the Forbes scandal broke. The most famous scandal was known as the Teapot Dome.

  • KKK major march

    KKK major march
    The KKK was against African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Jews, and European immigrants. They were in surch of "pure" americans. By 1927 their activity diminished due to their leader going to jail for second degree murder of a women.

  • Charles Lindbergh completes solo flight across Atlantic

    Charles Lindbergh completes solo flight across Atlantic
    Only 27 when he completed solo flight, landed in Paris.

  • Stock market crash

    Stock market crash
    The most devastating stock market crash in history. Most consider this, the start of the Great Depression. Many Americans lost all their money and many businesses went bankrupt.

  • Valentine's Day massacre

    Valentine's Day massacre
    One of the bloodiest days in mob history in Chicago. Said to have been lead by Al Capone. The leader of the Italian mob, a total of 7 men were murdered.

  • Herbert Hoover elected

    Herbert Hoover elected
    He was the 31st pesident of the US. He was a strong supporter of the Prohibition, which is why many people did not vote for him in gthe 1932 election. He tried to combat the Great Depression by creating new work projects, such as the Hoover Dam.