Timeline1920s

1920- “Red Scare” – State Department rounds up hundreds of suspected communists and jails them

First commercial radio broadcasts

1922- Hitler attempts a government overthrow “Putsch”, fails and is jailed

1924- Red Grange- Illinois halfback dominates college football

Women governors in Wyoming and Texas

1925- Scopes “Monkey Trial”- over teaching of evolution in Tennessee high school

1927-Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs for the Yankees

Charles Lindberg- solo trans-Atlantic flight aboard Sprirt of St. Louis

Henry Ford introduces “Model A”

Babe Ruth

“Lucky” Lindberg

1929- Chicago’s St. Valentine’s Day Massacre shocks the nation

October- Stock market crashes, marking the start of the ___________

Al Capone ordered murders of 7 men, although target (“Bugs Moran”) escapes

Hit men were arrested, but 2 were killed before trial