Website Title: Khanacademy

Page Title: Rise to World Power

Website Address:https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/1920s-america/a/prohibition

Author: Khan Academy

Date Published: February 15, 2017

Prohibition was a nationwide ban on the sale and import of alcoholic beverages from 1920 until 1933. Prohibition would lead to the rise of organized crime. Protestants and women all drove to institute prohibition. In 1933 the twenty-first Amendment repealed prohibition.

Website Title: Britannica

Page Title: Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games

Website Address: https://www.britannica.com/event/Antwerp-1920-Olympic-Games

Author: The Editor of Encyclopedia Britannica

Date Published: April 13, 2019

Antwerp took place from April 20th- September 12, 1920 in Belgium. Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey were not invited. More than 2,600 athletes including women attended.

The LWV was officially founded in Chicago on February 14th, 1920. By 1924 the LWV was organized in 346 of 433 congressional districts. The leagues first major national legislative success was the passage of the Sheppard-Tonner Act providing federal aid for maternal and child care programs. The League is political, but non-partisan.

The KKK was formed in 1866 after the Civil War. Nationally, their numbers were thought to be three to eight million. Members could be doctors, lawyers, and even ministers. They were known as the “Invisible Empire”, each member was required to recruiting ten people to vote for other members in elections. The Klansmen were placed in enough position of power in Colorado and Indiana to effectively control the government.

Jazz became popular in the 20’s. Telephones and radios invited excitement into American lives. Integrated illegal clubs allowed black jazz artists to get the recognition they deserved. It wasn’t until the 30’s and 40’s that black female artists gained respect as successful musicians. The Charleston, developed by African Americans, became popular with young white Americans.

After the war Wilson made the fourteen points, eventually leading the way to the League of Nations. Between that time, America set high tariffs on foreign goods. The Quota Act of 1921 limited immigration to 3% from each country. A yearly limit of 350,000 was also enforced. This hurt Europeans, they couldn’t pay back their debt to the United States.

By 1920, around 300,000 African Americans from the south moved up north. The population shift helped a black pride movement. Writers like Claude McKay and Harlem Shadows ensured African Americans got the credit they deserved. Some white people wanted to experience black culture without interacting with them, this created clubs like The Cotton Club.

Website Title: WyoHistory

Page Title: The Ambition of Nellie Tayloe Ross

Website Address: https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/ambition-nellie-tayloe-ross

Author: Tom Rea

Date Published: November 8, 2014

After William B. Ross died in 1924, his wife Nellie Taylor Ross was asked to run for the governor of Wyoming. She was inaugurated on January 5, 1925, she would then be the first woman governor in the US.

Defense spending and social welfare programs are believed to have played a role in causing the Great Depression by increasing income and aggregate demand. The Great Depression last from 1929 to 1939. It was marked by declines in deflation, unemployment, and banking panics. The Great Depression affected almost everyone in the world. Stock prices fell 33%.

Flappers were young women known for their energetic freedom and embracing an “outrageous” lifestyle. In August 1920, the 19th amendment was passed and women could vote. Flappers dresses were shorter, calf-revealing, straight and slim with lower neck lines. Three different states tried to pass laws against the clothes women were starting to wear.