Events of the 1920s by ZOE KAUPAS

Teapot Dome Scandal

868512831 — 2024-02-09 19:42:32 UTC

The Teapot Dome scandal was a scandal that happened in 1923 surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the Secretary of the Interior, Albert Bacon Fall. The current president Warren G. Harding had just transferred the reserves to the Interior in 1921. Fall later secretly granted Harry F. Sinclair (owner of Mammoth Oil Company) rights to the Teapot Dome. After these leases were signed the Fall family received an anonymous liberty bond of $200,000. Soon it was figured out that these payments had been bribes from Sinclair.

Harlem Renaissance

868512831 — 2024-02-09 19:51:51 UTC

The Harlem Renaissance was the uprising of the Harlem Neighborhood in NYC. The area was used as a Black cultural mecca in the early 1920s. It was considered the Golden Age in African American culture, displaying literature, music, art, and stage performance.

Tulsa Massacre

868512831 — 2024-02-09 21:43:23 UTC

The Tulsa massacre is known as one of the most violent and severe racial incidents in US history. The massacre occurred on May 30, 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma following the accusations Dick Rowland, a young African american, assaulting a white elevator operate named Sarah Page. Stories spread of this accusation and Rowland was detained. Two mobs one African american and one of whites descended to the courthouse. The protesters then got in argument leading to the 2 day long fight. The massacre resulted in around 300 casualties, 1,400 homes and business were burned, overall 10,000 people were left homeless.

Sacco and Vanzetti

868512831 — 2024-02-12 19:57:11 UTC

Sacco and Vanzetti were defendants in a murder trial in Massachusetts that ended in executions. On April 15, 1920, Parmenter, a paymaster, Berardelli, and his guard were shot and robbed. Sacco and Vanzetti were both Italian anarchists and immigrants who were both arrested and found guilty by the verdict of the jury. Many were upset and found the verdict unfair since they were anarchists. There was also barely even evidence to blame them and loads of reasons to doubt that they did it. Despite the 7 appeals they were sentenced to death in 1927.

Red Scare

868512831 — 2024-02-12 20:03:22 UTC

The Red Scare was a period in US History after WW1 when many US citizens feared immigrants of those who were communist, socialist, or anarchist. Many were scared of these people rioting or causing destruction in their lives.