1920s American Scandals & Disasters
The Jazz Age also meant Teapot Dome, factory poisonings, and disasters that rewrote safety rules. Every story lists sources.
4 documented stories. All stories · Topics
Politics
The 19th Amendment: How American Women Won the Right to Vote in 1920
Decades of organizing ended with a one-vote ratification fight in Tennessee — and the amendment still did not guarantee the ballot for every woman.
Crime
The Bath School Disaster: When a Board Treasurer Bombed Michigan Children
Andrew Kehoe killed 38 elementary students and six adults — America’s deadliest school attack for decades.
Crime
The Tulsa Race Massacre: When a Prosperous Black District Was Destroyed
Greenwood burned for days; hundreds died; and the story was buried for generations.
Weird America
The St. Francis Dam Collapse: The Deadliest American Engineering Failure You've Never Heard Of
In 1928, a dam built by the man who brought water to Los Angeles collapsed without warning — a 140-foot wall of water killed over 400 people while they slept.