1925

Blog posts about events that occurred in 1925.

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: Mein Kampf and Adolf Hitler’s Rise to Power

    Mein Kampf and Adolf Hitler’s Rise to Power

    The 1920s are often remembered as a decade of jazz, new technology, changing culture, and economic growth. In the United States, people danced in clubs, listened to the radio, and…

  • The 1925 Tri-State Tornado Outbreak

    The 1925 Tri-State Tornado outbreak lasted from March 17-18 1925, and it is one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in recorded history. It was given its name because it traveled…

  • The Woman’s World’s Fair

    The Woman’s World’s Fair was specifically designed, published, managed and organized  by women, for women during the early 1900s. The fair, which was held in the American Exposition Palace in…

  • A black and white photograph depicting the small town of Nome, Alaska. It is covered in snow. Most of the buildings are very small, with a church steeple rising above the rest of the structures. There are no paved roads pictured in the town. The picture was taken in 1916, less than ten years before the 1925 Serum Run.

    The Nome Serum Run

    Overview Discovering the Epidemic Established as a Gold Rush town in the late 1800s, Nome, Alaska was home to roughly 1,800 people in 1925. Only one of them was a…

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: Miss America: Religion and the Callback to Older Ideas of Femininity

    Miss America: Religion and the Callback to Older Ideas of Femininity

    In the 1920s, American culture was increasingly becoming more secularized, creating tensions between modernity and traditional religious values. The first “Miss America” pageants embodied these conflicts, as it became both…

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: Nellie Tayloe Ross Becomes The First Woman Governor in the U.S

    Nellie Tayloe Ross Becomes The First Woman Governor in the U.S

    Overview Ross’ Early Years Nellie Tayloe Ross was born on November 29, 1876, in St. Joseph, Missouri, on a plantation owned by her maternal grandfather in Andrew County. Her parents…

  • Nellie Tayloe Ross: The New Woman and Politics

    Women’s lives had changed significantly from the late 19th century into the 1920s. They became more involved in politics and increasingly joined the workforce. This challenged the traditional ideas of…

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: Geneva Protocol is Signed

    Geneva Protocol is Signed

    Overview Going into the 1920s, the world had been shocked by the horrors of World War I due to the gruesome and horrifying nature of the weapons used. This includes…

  • Letter Regarding the Immigration Act of 1924

    Introduction In 1924 the United States passed the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act that drastically decreased the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S. through the implementation of a quota system. The…

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: Record of Witness Testimony from the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, 1925.

    Record of Witness Testimony from the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, 1925.

    Introduction Towards the very beginning of 1925, the Tennessee state legislature approved a bill that banned the teaching of any theory that went against the story of Divine Creation, as…

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