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KKK
Ku Klux Klan a.k.a. the KKK. the kkk is a group that hate blacks and any type of foriner that have come to the U.S. They believe in being 100% American to be accepted as an americans. they have raged throw towns and kill lots of people by burning their house's down. -
the 19th Amendment
With this amendment in place, this gives the female sex the right to vote with the men. This was shocking to see a women to be voteing as well as working. Big changes are happening. -
Flappers
During the 1920s the women started pulling away from the house wife area and started being more promiscuous and wear clothes that were not ever seen before. the dresses were shorter, short cut hair and started to get jobs. this was a shocker to the society. -
St. valentine massacre
St. valentine massacre was about a group of people dressed up as police officers and killed lots of people. These people were two ganges in chicago, illinois. This went on for awhile in 1923. -
The Monkey Trial
The Monkey Trial was about a teacher that wanted to teach about other then just religon and teach about his own ideas. His thoughts on evelution. People had a problem with him talking aboout something other then the bible. He was seen as odd and was put on trial for what he had done. he defended his case with wit. The mans name was John Scopes and he was on his own agenced the state of Tennessee -
Mail By Air.
mail first transported by planes and becomes more popular then the railroad. -
Car
Possibly the most significant change during the 1920's was the mass production of the Car started by Henry Ford, He had made and sold some 15 million Model-Ts by 1927! -
Mickey Mouse film.
The first mickey mouse film had come out by Walt Disney. -
Babe Ruth
babe ruth hits his 60th homerun! -
talkies - the jazz singer
the first movie with sound premiered. the movie was called the jazz singer and people were in shock when first seeing this life changing historic leap in technology. -
bubble gum invented
Walter Diemer was 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 this latest batch was less sticky than regular chewing gum and it stretched more easily. His bubble gum was so successful that it sold over a million and a half dollars worth of gum in the first year. -
the tv
the tv aka, televion became very popular when it appeared in new york in 1927. They sold off the shelves and were bought constantley. It was like the ipod is to us in the 1920's -
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover was the 31st president in 1929. he was the president when the start of the great depression was happening. Famous Quote: "Every time the government is forced to act, we lose something in self-reliance, character, and initiative." -
Black Tuesday
In when the stock market crashed, peoples shares went from being worth a very high amount and within a day the stocks had dropped even more rappedly then ever before. the public thought that this would stop and the prices would just go back to normal, but it never did. People became homeless and there was nothing they could do. This day was called "Black Tuesday"
