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19th amendment
In 1920 women got the right to vote. It was ratified August 18th, 1920. It was the nineteenth amendment. -
Immigration Quota
Congress passes immigration restrictions, creating a quota for European immigration to the United States. Targeted at "undesirable" immigrants from Europe, it cuts the number of immigrants in half. People are angered and feel they are being discriminated. -
Yankee stadium
The Yankee stadium is built in Bronx, New York. Babe Ruth played there. He is one of th most famous baseball plays ever. -
President Harding passes
President Warren Harding dies. Vice-President Calvin Coolidge becomes President. Coolidge will run for re-election in 1924 and will become the 30th President of the United States. He passed away due to a heart condition. -
Ford
Ford Motor Company makes its 10 millionth Model T car. About 2.5 million radios are now in use in the United States with over 500 broadcast stations. -
Charleston!
Made famous in a 1923 New York play, the Charleston has became a dance craze in the U.S., and became a sensation in Europe. Women who dance the Charleston were known as "Flappers” -
Richard Byrd
Richard Byrd makes the first flight over the North Pole. People are amazed. He co piloted. -
Sacco and Vanzetti
Two immigrants are executed for murder. Their names were Sacco and Vanzetti. -
You’re the greatest thing since sliced bread!
Sliced bread was invented. People no longer had to slice their own bread! The saying arises from this. -
St Valentines Massacre
St. Valentine's Day Massacre is when seven gangsters, rivals of Al Capone, were murdered in Chicago. Al Capone is legended one of the most famous Mobsters ever. He was sent to Alcatraz.
