LETS TALK ABOUT HISTORY!!!!

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1920 US Events

vWomen's suffrage goes into effect following Tennessee's ratification of the 19th amendment (Aug. 26).

vFactory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti are picked up by police (May 5) in connection with an April 15 murder and robbery in South Braintree, Mass.

A bomb explodes in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 and injuring 200 (Sept. 16). 

1918

Daylight Saving Time goes into effect (March).

New York's worst subway accident kills 92 and injures 100 after a train jumps a track in Brooklyn at 30 mph (five times the speed limit) (Nov. 2).

ØAbout three-quarters of the Boston police force goes on strike (Sept. 9). Massachusetts Governor (John) Calvin Coolidge acts quickly to dismiss the strikers, saying that no one has the right to strike against the public safety.

ØRace riots erupt in 26 U.S. cities during the course of the year, including Washington, D.C., and Chicago in July.

ØThe 18th amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages anywhere in the U.S., is ratified (Jan. 16).

1917 U.S Events

qU.S. declares war with Germany (Apr. 6).

q"I Want You." James Montgomery Flagg's poster, featuring Uncle Sam and based on a 1914 British poster, attracts thousands of U.S. recruits to WWI duty.

qBetween ten thousand and fifteen thousand blacks silently walk down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence (July 28). Background: civil rights

Memorable Films from the 1900 – 1920`s

The Perils of Pauline

1914

The Exploits of Elaine

1914

The New Exploits of Elaine

1915

The Romance of Elaine

1915

The Iron Claw

1916

Pearl of the Army

1916

The Fatal Ring

1917

The House of Hate

1918

The Lightning Raider

1919

Plunder

1923

Perils of Paris

1924

Economics

1916-

Federal spending:   $0.71 billion
Consumer Price Index:   10.9
Unemployment:   5.1%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02

- 1917

Federal spending:   $1.95 billion
Consumer Price Index:   12.8
Unemployment:   4.6%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02 ($0.03 as of 11/3/17)

1918

Federal spending:   $12.68 billion

Consumer Price Index:   15.1
Unemployment:   1.4%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.03

1919

Federal spending:   $18.49 billion
Consumer Price Index:   17.3
Unemployment:   1.4%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.03 ($0.02 as of 7/1/19)

1920 -

Federal spending:   $6.36 billion
Consumer Price Index:   20
Unemployment:   5.2%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02