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Eighteenth Amendment
Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol -
Woodrow Wilson Suffers a Stroke
Under heavy strain while on a speaking tour promoting the League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke -
The Palmer Raids
Palmer raids begin launching intense government prosecution against "reds" -
Senate Rejects League
Senate does not ratify treaty of Versallies and refuses to authorize U.S. participation in the League Of Nations -
Garvey Conference
Marcus Garvey convenes the first International Convention of the Negro Peoples -
19th Amendment passed
The 19th amendment is ratified giving women the right to vote -
Harding Elected President
Warren G. Harding is elected to the presidency -
Immigration Quota
Congress passes immigration restrictions for first time -
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
immigrant Italian radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are put on trial for murder and eventually convicted -
World series
The world series is broadcasted on radio forr the first time -
Tariffs Up
Congress passes the Fordney-McCumber Tariff, raising tariffs for forign goods -
Harding Dies
President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke in his San Francisco hotel room, Calvin Coolage takes over as president -
Ford Motor Company Exceeds $1 billion
the ford motor company exceeds $1 billion in profits -
Klansmen March
Ku Klux Klan march on washington -
Sacco and Vanzetti get the chair
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed by electric chair. -
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own record of 59 -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
15 nations sign pact outlawing war -
Hoover President
Herbert Hoover is elected president running the slogan "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage" -
Stock Market Collapse
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. -
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
The single bloodiest incident in a decade-long turf war between rival Chicago mobsters fighting to control the bootlegging trade
