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Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment states the restrictions of alcohol in the country, which created large effects to the society. Alcohol selling was prohibited everywhere in the United States, however, there were still many illegal bars for people needed them. -
Women Voting Right
On August 8, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified by the goverment. It states that "The right 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." This amendment gave the women the right to vote. -
the music radio station KDKA was aired
the United States first commercial music radio station KDKA was born in Pittsburgh. After that, new radio stations started to appear across the country. Jazz is accompanied by the wave and won a wide audience. At that period of time, the form of jazz was not strick to one type, the music contained almost all the elements from modern to decadent. -
President Warren G. Harding's death
President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. He was visiting around the North America as he was the first president who visited Canada on July 26, 1923.
Harding's death gave a great shock to the nation. The president was liked and admired, people believed he could recover well when he was sick.
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Enact of the Immigration Act of 1924
The Act was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted into U.S. from any country. The total number of people could not exceed than 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, this law completely prevent immigrants from Asia. -
The release of "Don Juan" by Warner Bros.
"Don Juan" was the first movie that had complete sound tract and music, and made huge impacts to the movies in the country. A year after, the movie "The Jazz Singer" also made by Warner Bros. finally had sound. The public was extremly happy with the movie, film production started to say goodbye with silent movies. -
George Herman Ruth Jr. hit 60 home runs in one season
The period of 1900s to 1020s was called the Dead-ball era for baseball. However, George Herman Ruth Jr. was a shinig star in the baseball field. "As part of the Yankees' vaunted 'Murderer's Row' lineup of 1927, Ruth hit 60 home runs, extending his MLB single-season record. " (Wiki)
George Herman Ruth Jr., Jack Dempsey, Red Grange, Bill Tilden, and Bobby Jones were called the "Big Five" for American Sports in the 1920s. -
Charles Lindbergh successfully did his flight
Charles Lindbergh successfully did the first solo nonstop flight from Roosevelt Field on New York's Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France. This is the first time human fly accross the Atlantic alone and continously. -
The change of women
People's point of views on fashion had a huge change in the 1920s, especially for the women.Women abandoned the more restricting fashions and began to wear more comfortable clothes like short skirts. By 1927, the length of women skirts was just below their knees. The orginal skirt length is the double of the skirt length in this decade. Women's position in the society also changed significantly, not only they had the rigths to vote now, but they also started to show more confidence in public. -
The publish of "All Quiet On The Western Front"
This book was very famous in the end of the 20s as it described the cruelty and indifference of people at war front. Although the war has end, this first world war left intolerable markes into people's hearts. Some other popular books were "The Great Gatsby", "This Side of Paradise" and "The Sun Also Rises", these books showed difference sides of life for the americans in the twenties.
