Volstead Act
The Volstead Act, or more formally known as the National Prohibition Act, placed a nationwide constitutional ban on the sale, importation, exportation, production, and transportation…
Discovering 1919
Discovering Digital History
Category: Government
The Coal Strike
The coal strike of 1919 is widely accepted by academic scholars and historians alike to be a pivotal point in American history pertaining to the…
Passage of the 19th Amendment
By 1919, many Western states already had the right to vote under their own state’s laws. States in that region were willing to give women…
Schenck v. United States
Schenck v. United States (1919) was a landmark Supreme Court case that decided that certain speech is not protected under the first amendment. The Supreme…
League of Nations
World War I came to a peaceful end in 1918 as government leaders saw the death and destruction that remained across all the battlefields in…
Paris Peace Conference
Following the defeat of the Central Powers in World War One, the victorious Allies met to discuss the terms of peace. Though the conference included…
