US History LA -- Radio Broadcast: 1920s News

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Al Capone

Charles Lindbergh  

Clarence Darrow  

William Jennings Bryan  

Sacco and Vanzetti

Prohibition & the 18th Amendment  

Women's Suffrage & the 19th Amendment  

Scopes "Monkey" Trial  

Here are some key terms you might find in the newpaper articles below (Bonus! the ones in purple are also 1920s slang):

Ratification--the action of signing a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid. (Constitutional amendments go into effect after they are ratified)

Bootlegging-- Making, selling, or distributing an illegal product. In the 1920s, this product was liquor.

Bravo-- a hired killer

Hooch-- liquor, especially poor quality bootleg liquor