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Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons from 1914 through 1935 -
18th Amendment
This amendment establish the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the U.S. Making the production transportation and sale of alcohol, illegal -
Charleston Dance/Flappers
Blacks living on an island near Charleston, SC, created the steps for this dance. This dance was performed as early as 1903, but made its way onto Harlem stage as early as 1913, but was still popular in the 20s. Flapper were a new breed of women in the 1920s who did the opposite of the norm in the 1920s. They wore short skirts, had short hair, listened to Jazz, drank alcohol, smoked, and had casual sex. -
Walt Disney
The 1920s mark the beginning of Walt Disney's animation career. Walt Disney was an American motion picture and television producer and showman. -
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong was an American Jazz trumpeter, composer, and singer who eventually became one of the most influential people in Jazz music. -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and she did lots of work during the 1920s. -
Immigration
During the 1920s, the greatest surge of immigration in the US took place. Between 1880 and 1920, greater than 25 million foreigners arrived on American shores. Changing the country, the raise in immigration changed the US forever. If not for it, then the US would not be as culturally diverse as it is today. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald was an American novelist and sheet story writer whose works were very popular during the 1920s. -
The KKK
Has been around since the 1800s, but there was a revival in the 1900s, fueled by growing hostility to the surge of immigration in the 1920s. The KKK's membership peaked in the 1920s at 4 million members nationwide. -
Harlem Rennaissance
The cultural, social and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, NY. During this time, Harlem was a cultural center that attracted black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets and scholars. -
Sacco & Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco and Bartolommeo Vanzetti were Italian U.S. anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard during the robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company on April 15th 1920. They were both executed via electric chair 7 years later. These two symbolize the unfair treatment of immigrants in the 1920s -
19th Amendment
This amendment granted women the right to vote -
Model T Ford
The model T Ford was produced by Ford Motor Company from 1908 to 1927. On May 26th 1927, Henry Ford watched the 15 millionth Model T roll off the assembly line. -
Sound Films
Also called "talkies." They are a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technology couples to image, rather than a silent film. The Jazz Singer was the first "talkie" and was released in October of 1927. -
Invention of Bubble Gum
Walter Diemer was an accountant for the Fleer Gum Company in Philadelphia where he accidentally created a less sticky than the rest, so it stretched easier. This gum ended up being so successful that it sold over a million and a half dollars worth of gum in one year.
