Post War Europe

After World War I, Germany and Austria's rage for empire had been halted by Britain and its allies, including the new super power, United States of America.

The 1920's weren't only the age of Jazz and liquor, but continuing advancements in science and technology.

In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving American women the right to vote.

The 1920 election was the first national election that included women voters. Warren G. Harding was elected President.

In 1921, an agricultural scientist named George Washington Carver appeared before Congress and presented the many uses for peanuts. Many of its uses included everything from pharmaceuticals and inks to shaving cream and soaps.

Because of Carver's research, he helped save the Southern economy from its reliance on cotton.

President James Earl Carter was a peanut farmer from Georgia.

August 2, 1923 - President Harding mysteriously dies after a tour of Alaska and the west.

August 3, 1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes president

In 1924, IBM is founded and later becomes the leader of business/office machines

IBM helps in the development of the Mark I computer

1924 Election, Coolidge is (re)elected.

RCA transmits the first images via radio from London to New York

1925 - F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby

July 1925 - The Scopes Monkey Trail begins

1926 - Henry Ford replaces the 60 hour work week with the 40 hour work week which then becomes the standard work week

The US gets involved in Nicaragua to help suppress a rebellion by Augusto Cesar Sandino

1927 - Television is first demonstrated

Charles Lindbergh is the first to fly solo across the Atlantic and becomes an instant celebrity. His flight leads to advancements in aviation technology. While delivering airmail from Mexico City to New York, he stops in Brownsville, Texas.

1927 - Mt. Rushmore is dedicated and features the busts of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt

1928 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first women to fly across the Atlantic
August - The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlaws war

Election of 1928 - Herbert Hoover is elected President

1929 - The Great Depression begins on Black Tuesday

1930 - Hoover signs the Veteran's Administration Act

1932 - The "Bonus Army" marches into Washington D.C.