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Race From 1917 and 1923 was the most racial violence in American History, black workers who had been in the south were now coming up to the north to work. In different cities for ex. Washington D.C white mobs killed and burned black neighborhoods. In Tulsa cities and homes were destroyed, in 1921 Tulsa population was 12% black. Brooker T. Washington called this area the black wall street. Another racial violence was on New Years Day in 1923 in a tiny settlement in Rosewood. A white mob had came as far as Georgia, they burned the town of 150 residents. One guy who had been 11 at the time told that his fathers report of violence, where he had to dig his own grave, than shot and shoved in it.

Charles Lindbergh Biography He was the first American aviator that made a nonstop flight across Atlantic ocean on May 20-21 of 1927. Lindberg served as a adviser, He was born on February 4, 1902 in Detroit, he grew up on a farm. In his early child hood he had the mechanical ability. At the age of 18 he had entered the University of Wisconsin to study engineering. He left school after two years. 1924 he enlisted in the United States Army. Later in 1925 he graduated as an Army Are Service pilot.

Politics During the 1920s Government activities had broken up during World War I. The efforts to break up and trust and regulate business practices gave a way to emphasis partnership. In 1920 Republican convention selected Harding ‘s the U.S Senator from Ohio for the presidential nominee. Harding presidency is best known about a series of scandals that marred his time in the office. He had some genuine accomplishments. He spent two years at a rural academy, Ohio Central college. He received his diploma at the age of 16. Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president after Harding Death. The vice president received the nick name “Silent cal” some people said he would only speak two words. He would sleep ten hours a night, nap during the day and would only work 4 hours a day.

The new women  After 72 years of struggle American women have had the right to vote. Male politicians moved aggressively to court of women’s right to vote. This movement divided within and faced growing hostility. The biggest issue that spilt feminist during the 1920 was a Equal Right Amendment. The women movement also faced external opposition, During the red scare of World War I. Women did not win any new opportunities in the work place. Eight million women were forced to work in the 1920s and more than half were black. The (AFL) did not want women competing for men’s job The Scopes Trial John Scopes who was a school teacher in 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee, he was violating the state law because he was teaching evolution. Two attorneys had to face the trial they were William Jenning Bryan an Clarence Darrow. Five year old American Civil Liberties Union which took out the newspaper to defend anyone who flouted the Tennessee Law. 12 days in July of 1925, 100 reporters sent dispatches. Bryan opposed Darwin’s as justification for the war and imperialism. Bryan was upset with Darwin’s assumption that the entire process was not needed to produce a larger design.