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Automobile
The first steam powered automobile was built in this year. "It was a 65 cm-long scale-model toy for the Chinese Emperor, that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger." Wikipedia- -
Computer
"First computer to conceptualize and design a fully programmable mechanical computer, his analytical engine"-Wikipedia -
Telephone
Telephones are used by billions of people everyday. They have changed life drasticly. -
Franklin D Roosevelt
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Television
Television is something almost everyone in the world knows of. -
Radio
"On Christmas Eve, 1906, Reginald Fessenden used a synchronous rotary-spark transmitter for the first radio program broadcast,"- Wikipedia -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was the movement of 2 million African Americans out of the Southern United States to the North, Midwest and West from 1910 to 1930. (I dont know the correct dates) -
18th Amendment
The 18th amendment to the Constitution estlabished Prohibition. -Outlawing Alcohol- -
19th Amendment
Prohibits any United States citizen to be denined the right to vote based on their sex. -
Emergency Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act restricted immigration into the United States. It was intended as temporary legislation, but proved to be the most important turning point in American immigration. -
Black Tuesday
The Wallstreet crash of the stockmarket in 1929. -
Black Thursday
The day when the New York Stock Exchange crashed before the Great Depression. -
1933's Economy
A commom year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian Calandar. -
21st Amendment
Repealed the 18th amendment. -
Hoover Dam
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GI Bill of Rights
"An omnibus bill that provided college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans as well as one year of unemployment compensation"-wikipedia- -
Internet
"The Web was invented by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989."- Wikipedia -
Frisbee
A flying disk: these are able to fly because the shape of the disk. "The shape of the disc, an airfoil in cross-section, allows it to fly by generating lift as it moves through the air while rotating.
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