1920The Volstead Act was passed making the selling of alcohol illegal.
The League of Nations holds a meeting to sign a treaty that will end the world war. 9 days later, America backs out. |
1921The firsts Miss America Pageant was held.
A treaty was made to create peace with Germany, Austria, and Hungary to end WWI |
1922The American American Professional football league was created
The Teapot Dome scandal begins when US secretary of interior leases the teapot oil reserve in Wyoming |
1923Time Magazine is published for the first time in the US.
President Warren G Harding dies. |
1924The first winter olympics is held.
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1925Radio vision is born with the demonstration of a 10 minute video to Washington D.C.
The first women governor was elected. |
1926The first flight to the North Pole and back receiving a medal of honor.
The first liquid fuel rockets were created. |
1927American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth creates the first electric television set.
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1928Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly over the Atlantic ocean.
The US congress approves the construction of the Hoover Dam. |
1929The stock market crashes.
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