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Woman’s Suffrage
In 1920, the 19th amendment was put into place. The 19th amendment guarantees that all woman have the right vote. August 26, 1920. It states, “The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” -
World Series Broadcast on the Radio
Baseball’s World Series broadcast on the radio for the first time. The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three. -
Tariffs Up
Congress passes the Fordney-McCumber Tariff, sharply raising tariff duties to protect the American market for American manufactures. The tariff boosts the domestic economy of the Roaring '20s, but it also worsens the crisis for struggling European economies like Germany's, helping to enable Adolf Hitler's rise to power there on a platform of economic grievance. -
Calvin Coolidge Takes Over
President Warren Harding dies. Vice-President Calvin Coolidge becomes President. Coolidge runs for re-election in 1924. He’s becomes the 30th President of the United States. -
Two Women Were Elected Governor
Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected as governor of Wyoming, and Miriam "Ma" Ferguson for Texas. This was a big deal for women, because it took 50 years for an equal rights amendment would pass Congress. -
Scopes Violates Ban on Teaching Evolution
Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution, in violation of new state law banning the teaching of Darwin. The ensuing "Scopes Monkey Trial," pitting defense attorney Clarence Darrow against three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan in a proxy debate of modernity versus fundamentalism, captivates the nation. Scopes is eventually found guilty. -
Lindbergh Flies Across The Atlantic
Lindbergh was the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic. He flew because he heard there was an offer of $25,000 to anyone that would dare to fly nonstop. He flew 3,600 mile in 33 hours, after that he became a hero. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg-Briand Pact (also known as the General Treaty for the Renunciation of War) was a multilateral pact focused on trying to outlaw war between Italy, Japan, Germany, UK, France, and the US. The pact was the result of a determined American effort to avoid involvement in the European alliance system. -
1929 Stock Market Crash
This Stock Market Crash was one of the leading factors of the Great Depression. The cause of tthe Crash was the increased use of buying stocks "on margin". The Crash devestated the ecnomy and is also known as the Great Wallstreet Crash of 1929. -
New York Stock Exchange Fails
Overconfidence causes people to pour their savings into the stock market to try to earn quick money. When prices start to fall, panic begins and the market loses millions of shares as people try to recover their money. Many lose everything they have. Starting with a boom and ending with a bust, the 1920s was a catalyst for many changes soon to affect the world
