1920: 19th Amendment passed, granting women the right to vote 1920 January: 18th Amendment passed which prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transporation of alcohol took effect 1920 January 2: Palmer Raids as a result of the Red Scare caused by World War I 1921: Teapot Dome Scandal involving Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall 1921 March 4: Warren G. Harding becomes the 19th president of the United States 1922 September: Fordney-McCumber Tariff was passed which imposed high rates for farm products 1923 August 2: President Harding dies of a heart attack 1923 August 3: Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes president 1925 July: John Thomas Scopes was tried for teaching evolution in school who was defended by Clarence Darrow and prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan 1927 August: Kellogg-Briand Pact was proposed to denouce the use of war 1927 August 23: Sacco and Vanzetti, Italian immigrants and admitted anarchists, were executed for the murder of two men during a robbery at a shoe factory 1929 October: Stock market crashes, followed by the Great Depression

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