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Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. He first played in the big league on July 11, 1914 with the Boston Red Sox whenever he was 19 years old. Babe Ruth is most recognized for for his many record breaking accomplishments and for being a rule model for any sport fanatic in the 1920's; he was known as the greatest player of the century. During his career, he set many records, some of which were hitting 60 home runs in a year. That record stood unbroken for 34 years. -
The Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s involved national security, big oil companies and bribery and corruption at the highest levels of the government of the United States. It was the most serious scandal in the country’s history, prior to the Watergate affair of the Nixon administration in the 1970s. This controversy was named after a rock north of Casper, Wyoming that apparently looked like a teapot. It was a bribery incident that took place in the U.S. during the administration of Harding. -
Flappers
Flappers were Northern, Urban, single, young, middle-class women.
Many of them held steady jobs in the changing American economy. By night, flappers engaged in the city nightlife. They often went to jazz clubs and vaudeville shows, speakeasies was also a common destination for Flappers. More young women consumed alcohol in the decade it was illegal than ever before. Smoking also became popular for flappers. They cut their hair to shoulder length, wore a lot of make up, and high heels. -
The Harlem Renaissance
During World War One and the 1920's, hundreds of thousands of African Americans joined in the Great Migration form the rural South to industrial cities in the North. In Harlem, African American artistic development, racial pride, and political organization thrived. The result of this was a flowering of African American arts that became known as the Harlem Renaissance. Famous writers from the Renaissance included Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and many more. -
The League of Nations
The League of Nations came to be after the end of World War One. The country as a whole and the president Woodrow Wilson was horrified by the killing that had taken place in what was meant to be a civilized part of the world. To avoid another disaster like this, the League was created. The League of Nation's was to ensure that war never broke out again. After the chaos caused by the Versailles Treaty, many looked to the League to bring stability to the world. -
18th Amendment
On January 16, 1920 the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act came into effect. The Amendment banned the selling, maufacturing, or transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. The temperance movement had an initial victory by creating a federal law, but more Americans ended up drinking alcohol during the roaring 20's. Prohibition led to an increase in violence and organized crime because of the public demand for illegal alcohol. -
Women Suffrage
The 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution, which was ratified on August 18, 1920 gave American women the right to vote (known as women suffrage). Whenever the U.S. was founded, its female citizens did not share/have all of the same rights that men had, including the right to vote, of course. It was not until 1848 that the movement for women's rights launched on a national level with a convention in Seneca Falls, New York, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. -
The Emergency Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act restricted immigration into the United States. This Quota Act was sponsored by Albert Johnson, the Republican Representative from Washington and signed into law by President Warren Harding on May 19, 1921. The Emergency Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. -
Invention of the Band Aid
Earle Dickson invented the Band Aid in 1921 for his wife Josephine Dickson who was always cutting her fingers while preparing food. He took a piece of gauze and attached it to the center of a piece of tape then covered the product with crinoline to keep it sterile. This product allowed his wife to dress her wounds without assistance. When Earle's boss James Johnson saw the invention, he decided to manufacture band-aids to the public and make Earle Dickson vice-president of the company. -
The Invention of Bubble Gum
In 1928, bubble gum was accidentally invented by a man named Walter E. Diemer. Back in 1928, Diemer was supposed to be working as an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia; what he wound up doing in his spare time was playing around with new gum recipes, but his latest batch was unexpectedly different. It was less sticky than regular chewing gum, and stretched more easily. 23 year old Walter carried five pounds of it to a store and it sold out in a single afternoon.
