National Timeline 1920s

The Roaring (19)20s! : 

The Roaring (19)20s! By: Tierell Avery Corey D. Kevin R. Andrew Ocampos

National Timeline : 

National Timeline Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment of the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage.  Also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment, in recognition of her important campaign to win the right to vote. August 18, 1920 1

Warren G. Harding : 

Warren G. Harding A Congressional resolution by both houses is signed by President Warren G. Harding, declaring peace in World War I hostilities with Germany, Austria, and Hungary.  Which put us in a temporary truce with Germany who will soon violate their treaties. July 2, 1921 2

Fordney - McCumber Tariff : 

Fordney - McCumber Tariff From the war, there were two main concerns. 1st, was to ensure economic self-sufficiency so that future enemies couldn’t manipulate our economy. 2nd, industries wanted to preserve benefits of the increased wartime demand. The first part that was hit by post-war demand was agriculture. Gross farm income in 1919 amounted to $17.7 billion. By 1921, exports to Europe had plummeted and farm income fell to $10.5 billion. The hearings held by Congress led to the creation of several new tools of protection. The first was the scientific tariff. The purpose of the scientific tariff was to equalize production costs among countries so that no country could undercut the prices charged by American companies. September, 1922 3

Sound in motion Picture : 

Sound in motion Picture The first sound on film motion picture "Phonofilm" is show in the Rivoli Theatre in New York City by Lee de Forest. Which is a big deal today where every thing consists of using sound. 4 April 1923

Lee De Forest : 

Lee De Forest This guy was an inventor who improved or recreated many stuff better than before: Working on a phone thing with a trumpet…???!!

Indian Citizenship Act : 

Indian Citizenship Act All Indians were designated as citizens by legislation passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Calvin Coolidge.  The Indian Citizenship Act granted this right to all Native Americans that had been born within US territory. 5 June 15, 1924

Radiovision : 

Radiovision Radiovision was born. It was the originator to television that was demonstrated by Charles Francis Jenkins, when he transmits a 10 minute film of synchronized pictures and sound five miles from Anacostia to Washington, D.C. to representatives of the United States government. 6 June 13, 1925

Liquid Fueled Rockets : 

Liquid Fueled Rockets Robert H. Goddard demonstrated the viability of the first liquid fueled rockets with his test in Auburn, Massachusetts.  The rocket flew one hundred and eighty-four feet over 2.5 seconds. March 16, 1926 7

Robert H. Goddard : 

Robert H. Goddard He began experimenting with liquid oxygen and liquid-fueled rockets in September 1921, and tested the first liquid-fueled engine in November 1923. It had a cylindrical combustion chamber , using impinging jets to mix and atomize liquid oxygen and gasoline (?). He launched the first liquid-fueled (gasoline and liquid oxygen) rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts. The rocket, which was dubbed "Nell", rose just 41 feet during a 2.5-second flight that ended in a cabbage field, but it was an important demonstration that liquid propellants were possible. The launch site is now a National Historic Landmark, the Goddard Rocket Launching Site.

Charles Lindbergh : 

Charles Lindbergh Charles Lindbergh leaves Roosevelt Field, New York on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in history.  He would reach Paris thirty-three and one-half hours later in the Spirit of St. Louis, his aircraft.  A ticker tape parade would be held in New York City after his return on June 13. May 20, 1927 8

Herbert Hoover (Hoover Dam) : 

Herbert Hoover (Hoover Dam) Herbert Hoover wins election as President of the United States with an Electoral College victory, 444 to 87 over Democratic candidate Alfred E. Smith, the Catholic governor of New York. He also made the Hoover Dam which blocked and used water as an energy resource. November 16, 1928 9

Stock Market Crash : 

Stock Market Crash Postwar prosperity ends in the 1929 Stock Market crash.  The plummeting stock prices led to losses between 1929 and 1931 of an estimated $50 billion and started the worst American depression in the nation's history. October 29, 1929 10