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  2. May 24, 2019 · The Roaring '20s were marked by prosperity after World War I, drastic changes for women that included the right to vote and freedom from corsets and long, structured clothing to a more modern style of dress. Ladies bobbed their hair and displayed a more liberated demeanor.

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    January 16, 1920: The 18th Amendment had been long debated and was finally put in place on January 16. It was spearheaded by the Women's Temperance movement that began shortly after the Civil Warand gained popularity during the rest of the 19th century. Prohibition made it so alcohol could not be made, sold, or transported in the United States. Aug...

    March 4, 1921: Warren G. Harding was sworn in as the 29th President of the United States. July 1921: Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany. While he had not risen to power yet, he was beginning to gain traction. Germany was still angry over the harsh sanctions put on them after the completion of World War I, and Hitler was ab...

    August 2, 1923: After many scandals and failures, Warren G. Harding's presidency ends when he died in office. Calvin Coolidge takes over as President. October 15, 1923: The New York Yankees, led by Babe Ruth, defeat the New York Giants to win their first World Series in franchise history. They would go on to dominate the decade and many decades aft...

    February 22, 1924: Calvin Coolidge became the first President to deliver a Presidential address over the radio. May 10, 1924: J. Edgar Hoover was appointed the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. November 4, 1924: Calvin Coolidge defeats John Davis for President of the United States. November 27, 1924: The first Macy's Day parade was held ...

    April 10, 1925: F. Scott publishes The Great Gatsby May 5, 1925: Biology teacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. This led to what became known as the Scopes Monkey Trial. June 6, 1925: The Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Percy Chrysler. He was once the leading engineer for General Motors, but af...

    March 16, 1926: Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts June 19, 1926: DeFord Bailey is the first African-American to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry November 15, 1926: The NBC Radio network opens with 24 stations.

    January 7: The first transatlantic telephone call was made from New York City to London April 22 - May 5: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 affected 700,000 people in the greatest national disaster in U.S. history at this time May 11: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded May 20 - 21: Charles Lindberghmade the first solo non...

    January 16: 6th Pan-American Conference opens in Havana. Calvin Coolidge became the last sitting U.S. President until 2016 to visit Cuba. March 21: Charles Lindberghwas awarded the Medal of Honor for his first transatlantic flight. May 15: Walt Disneyreleased the short animated cartoon titled Plane Crazy is released by Disney Studios in Los Angeles...

    January 15: Martin Luther King Jr was born. February 14: The St. Valentine Massacre occurs. Gangster Al Caponekills seven rival gangsters. March 2: The San Francisco Bridge, the longest bridge in America, opens. March 4: Herbert Hoover was sworn in as President. May 13: The National Crime Syndicate was formed in Atlantic City. May 16: The 1st Acade...

    • 1920. January 1, 1920 - For the first time, the 1920 census indicates apopulation in the United States over 100 million people. The 15% increase since the last census now showed a count of 106,021,537.
    • 1921. May 19, 1921 - A national quota system on the amount of incoming immigrants is established by the United States Congress in the Emergency Quota Act, curbing legal immigration.
    • 1922. February 5, 1922 - Reader's Digest is founded and the first issue published by Dewitt and Lila Wallace. February 6, 1922 - The Armaments Congress ends.
    • 1923. January 23, 1923 - The 12th century Aztec Indian ruins in New Mexico are proclaimed as a National Monument by President Warren G. Harding, following in the footsteps of all presidents since Theodore Roosevelt.
    • The 'New Woman' The most familiar symbol of the “Roaring Twenties” is probably the flapper: a young woman with bobbed hair and short skirts who drank, smoked and said what might be termed “unladylike” things, in addition to being more sexually “free” than previous generations.
    • Mass Communication and Consumerism. During the 1920s, many Americans had extra money to spend, and they spent it on consumer goods such as ready-to-wear clothes and home appliances like electric refrigerators.
    • The Jazz Age. Cars also gave young people the freedom to go where they pleased and do what they wanted. (Some pundits called them “bedrooms on wheels.”) What many young people wanted to do was dance: the Charleston, the cake walk, the black bottom, the flea hop.
    • Prohibition. During the 1920s, some freedoms were expanded while others were curtailed. The 18th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1919, had banned the manufacture and sale of “intoxicating liquors,” and at 12 A.M.
  3. Roaring Twenties, colloquial term for the 1920s, especially within the United States and other Western countries where the decade was characterized by economic prosperity, rapid social and cultural change, and a mood of exuberant optimism. The liveliness of the period stands in marked contrast to.

  4. The 1920s Timeline of Important Dates. Back. More. How It All Went Down. Nov 11, 1918. End of World War I. Germany and the Allies sign an armistice to end the fighting in World War I. Jan 29, 1919. 18th Amendment Ratified. Congress ratifies the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States.

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    The 1920s saw the rise of radical political movements, with the Red Army triumphing against White movement forces in the Russian Civil War, and the emergence of far-right political movements in Europe. In 1922, the fascist leader Benito Mussolini seized power in Italy.

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