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The Oldsmobile
The Oldsmobile was introduced in 1897, along with the Olds Mobile Vehicle Company, but the first car was released in 1901. -
The Refrigerator
Henry Trost patented the fridge. -
The Tractor
The tractor made farmer's jobs much easier on the farm. -
The Cotton Picker
The cotton picker was a machine that mechanically picked cotton. It didn't work very well though. -
Ford's Assembly Line
Henry Ford created an assembly line in order to produce cars quicker. -
Literacy Tests
In 1914, congress passed a literacy test, disabling immigrants the ability to enter America -
The Red Scare
Centralia Massacre- gun battle between the American Legion and the IWW -
Working Women
At the beginning of the 1920s, women began receiving jobs, allowing them to become more equal to men. They took jobs in domestic service, manufacturing, and clerical, sales, and management positions. -
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a time of flowering for the black culture, as they earned much more respect from the whites. -
Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids, occuring in the early 1920s, were raids by radicals and immigrants from southern or Eastern Europe. -
Start of Prohibition
The Prohibition began -
The Nineteenth Amendment
The nineteenth amendment was a big turning point in women's roles in society. They got much more freedom. -
The Red Scare
Wall Street bombing kills 38 and injures hundreds. Anarchists claimed responsibility. -
The Radio
The radio was used for Americans to listen to music, news, and sports. -
Emergency Quota Act
The government created an act which kept track of how many immigrants were coming from different countries. -
Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman was the first African American to receive an international's pilot license, and she was also the first female ever to hold a pilot's license. -
Immigration Restrictions
The National Origins Act limited the entrance of immigrants in America. -
National Origins Act
The act was a United States federal law that limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890. -
Ku Klux Klan "Wedding"
The Klan held a wedding in order to form their own "tradition and religion" that would supposively seem as if they had more power. -
Antibiotics
Alexander Fleming created Penicillin by leaving his labratory and returning to a live saving pill. -
The End of Prohibition
The Prohibition finally comes to an end. -
David Stephenson
In Indiana, the Klu Klux Klan decreased from 180,000 members to none, all because Stephenson told the public of how he bribed and corrupted the government
