A Timeline of,

The Roaring Twenties

Presidents of the Roaring Twenties

Woodrow Wilson (1913 - 1921)

January 16, 1920

-“The 18th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1919, had banned the manufacture and sale of “intoxicating liquors,” and at 12 A.M. on January 16, 1920, the federal Volstead Act closed every tavern, bar and saloon in the United States.”

1920

Al Capone was in power during the heights of prohibition in Chicago, Illinois.

1920

By 1920 the KKK had grown to number around 100,000, and two years later reached over 4 million.

The Right to Vote!

As of August 18, 1920, all women, black, white, native, chinese etc, could finally have the right to vote. 50 years after black men could vote.

November 2, 1920

-”On November 2, 1920, KDKA made the nation's first commercial broadcast. They chose that date because it was election day, and the power of radio was proven when people could hear the results of the Harding-Cox presidential race before they read about it in the newspaper.” (History.com)

1922

Lewis Sinclair published 3 popular books between 1922-1927.

Babbitt 1922

Arrowsmith 1925

Gantry 1927

Presidents of the Roaring Twenties

Warren Harding (1921-1923)

1925

-In 1925, author Alain Locke published the book The New Negro

1927

During the roaring Twenties, baseball became a very popular sport. The Yankee Stadium was built in the Bronx, New York, then Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in 1927

1920-1929

-The nation’s wealth doubled between 1920-1929

1929

-In 1929 there was one car on the road for every five Americans.

1929

-In a 1929 survey, radio stations spent 2/3 of the music time playing Jazz music