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The 18th Amendment
On October 28, 1919 the 18th Amendment was passed. It prohibited the production, transportation, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. This did not stop people from drinking alcohol, it just made it an illegal act. This led to speakeasies. -
The 19th Amendment
On August 18,1920 the 19th Amendment was passed. This gave white woman the right to vote. This was a big step in making men and women more equal. This amendment was actually passed by mistake when it accidentally stuck to a different piece of paper. -
Warren G. Harding is Elected President
Harding started as a newspaper publisher and made his way to the U.S Senator. He promised to “return to normalcy” when he was a Republican candidate. He chose a pro-business cabinet. Many people believe his wife killed him while he was in office. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
During the time Warren G. Harding was president, his Secretary of the Interior was involved with illegally selling oil owned by the navy. Teapot Dome was the place the oil was kept. The secretary was caught accepting bribes from oil companies, and was sent to jail. This was considered the greatest and most sensational in American history before the Watergate scandal. -
President Harding Dies
An official statement says President Harding died because of a heart attack. Though, many people consider his death as sudden and mysterious. His wife would not let an autopsy be performed. This led to one man writing a book accusing his wife of killing him with poison. -
Leopold and Loeb trial
In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, both teenagers, were tried in Chicago for the murder of a 14 year old boy. They did it just to see if they could get away with it. The men kiddnapped the boy, hit I’m multiple times with a chisel, strangled him to death, and the covered the body in acid once it was disposed of. They both were sentenced 99+ years in prison. -
Scopes Trial
A biology teacher named John Scopes is tried to challenging the state’s ban on teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in public schools. One man said it should not be taught because it is not in the Bible. It is a big controversy between tradition and modernity. Scopes was found guilty and had to pay a $100, $1700 in today’s money. -
Klansmen March
On August 25, 1925 the 40,000 Ku Klux Klan members march on Washington. The street was called Pennsylvania Avenue. All dressed in the white attire all of the members wear, they were 14 rows wide and thousands deep. This turned into a riot when protesters to the klan got involved. -
Sliced Bread
A man named Otto Frederick Rohwedder created sliced bread in 1928. It was in Davenport, Iowa. A prototype was created in 1912, but was destroyed in a fire. Otto was briefly a jeweler and used his work with watches to create new machines. -
Stock Market Crash
On October 24, 1929 the stock market crashed. Considered the worst stock market crash in America’s history, many people lost millions of dollars. Some people even lost all of the money they had. This was one of the main indicators of the Great Depression.
