Women begin to attend college at a higher rate than ever before.
Organized criminals called bootleggers seized control of the illegal alcohol business.
The first woman is elected governor of an American State.
People opened roadside businesses (like gas stations & motels) to serve travelers.
The economy of the United States booms in decade after the Great War.
Henry Ford achieved his goal of building a reliable & inexpensive car for the masses.
Between 1921 and 1929 U.S. manufacturing doubled.
Wages for the average American worker more than doubled in the 1920s.
The assemble line system was used in the automobile industry.
Race Riots break out in Chicago leaving 38 people dead.
Flappers challenge the traditional ideas of how women were supposed to behave.
Fueled by the auto-boom, millions of Americans found work in the steel industry.
The Red Scare (fear of a communist takeover here) takes hold in the U.S.
Laws were passed to restrict immigration into the United States.
To improve road safety, the governments spent millions of dollars paving highways.
Electricity is found in more than 85% of all homes by the 1920s.
Tennessee teacher John T. Scopes is put on trial for teaching evolution in school.
Prohibition (began with the 18th Amendment) outlawed Alcohol in the United States.
Companies competed to sell new goods to people.
High School attendance doubled for Americans during the decade.
The percentage of Americans going to college was higher in the U.S. than any other nation.
Many Americans, even respectable citizens, disobeyed Prohibition laws.
Millions of African-American from the South moved North...The Great Migration.
The Ku Klux Klan gains in popularity with more than 5 million members.
The Jazz Singer, the first talkie, is released.
