Twentieth Century Resources

1900-09	1910-19	1920-29	1930-39	1940-49
1950-59	1960-69	1970-79	1980-89	1990-99

 

Decade 1920 to 1929

Historical Events and Institutions

• American Women's History: A Research Guide
• Destination of the Great Migration: Chicago (African-Americans left the South in great numbers after the Civil War, and the Twenties was a period of much activity in Chicago.)
• The Ku Klux Klan (from the Handbook of Texas)
• The Palmer Raids (The "Red Scare" was used in this period to limit freedom of speech by those who disagreed with U.S. government policy. The "Palmer Raids" of 1918-1921 were led by the the U.S. Attorney General against those believed to be communists or socialists.)
• The Scopes 'Monkey Trial' - July 10, 1925 - July 25, 1925 (The famous trial that pitted Darwinism against Science is presented here, including a "Reporter's Memo" from the trial.)
• U.S. Labor History

Popular Culture (Return to the Top)

• Greatest Films of 1920's
• Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro
• The Jazz Age and the Crash of 1929
• Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

The Presidents (Return to the Top)

• Warren G. Harding
• Calvin Coolidge

Prohibition (Return to the Top)

• American Prohibition in the 1920's (A collection of four articles about American Prohibition of the 1920's.)
• The Ohio Dry Campaign of 1918 (The Twenties and Prohibition are better understood after reading about the campaign against alcohol. This Ohio campaign was successful, and includes the posters at the bottom of the page.)