Scandals and trials, such as the Scopes Monkey Trial, caught the attention of many Americans during the 1920s and 1930s. Topics include the Teapot Dome Scandal and the Sacco-Vanzatti trial.
Al Capone is one of the most notorious gangsters in American history. He ruled the streets of Chicago with an iron fist, so how did a paper trail to tax evasion bring him down? See more »
America's "Noble Experiment" lasted from 1919 to 1933. How did the country get by when alcohol wasn't legal? In large part it was speakeasies and profiteering gangsters who kept the liquor flowing.
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Al Capone is one of the most notorious gangsters in American history. He ruled the streets of Chicago with an iron fist, so how did a paper trail to tax evasion bring him down?
See more »The United States emerged from World War I as the wealthiest nation in the world.
See more »Sacco-Vanzetti Case, a controversial murder case in the United States in the 1920's.
See more »Scopes Trial, the trial of John T. Scopes in Dayton, Tennessee, in July, 1925, for violating a state law that forbade the teaching of evolution in the Tennessee public schools.
See more »Teapot Dome Scandal, a political scandal of President Harding's administration. Teapot Dome was an area near Casper, Wyoming, set aside as a naval oil reserve (an oil field reserved for future use).
See more »Great Depression, in United States history, the period between the stock market crash of October 29, 1929, and the outbreak of World War II.
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