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First Model T Car
Henry Ford came out with the first Model T that was affordable for vertually everyone with a steady job. -
Henry Ford's Assembly Line
Henry Ford introduced the assembly line, which made cars much easier and faster to make -
Jobs for African Americans
The assembly line opened up new doors for other businesses, and many new jobs were available. Many African Americans moved from the South to the North in search for new jobs -
Harlem Renaissance
African Americans performed jazz and poetry for audiences of all ages and races. -
Beginning of Prohibition
the 18th Amendment was ratified on January 16, 1919 and effected on January 16, 1920. -
Red Scare
Senator Thomas W. Hardwick received a bomb which blew off the hands of his servant who had opened it, while severely burning his wife. The very next morning, a New York City postal worker discovered sixteen similar packages, addressed to well-known people of the time. -
The 2nd Red Scare
A new series of much more powerful bombs were left at the homes of prominent politicians, judges, law enforcement officials, and even a church. A bomb partially destroyed the front of Attorney-General Alexander Mitchell Palmer's house. -
Palmer Raid
BOI agents, together with local police, orchestrated a series of well-publicized and violent raids against suspected "radicals" and foreigners, using the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918. -
Hair Dryer
Women used to blow-dry their hair, by inserting a flexible pipe in the exhaust of a vacuum cleaner. -
Band-Aid
Earle Dickson made Band-Aid for the first time for his wife, Josephine Dickson. -
19th Amendment Ratification
Woodrow Wilson ratified the amendment on this date, and it allowed women the right to vote. -
Lie Detecter
Lie detector or polygraph was invented by John A. Larson, a medical student in California. -
Emergency Quota Act
an immigration quota that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 3% of the number of persons from that country living in the United States in 1910. -
Immigration Act
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. -
KKK Burning the Cross
The KKK was becoming a huge orginization and worshiped by burning the cross -
National origins Act
It put a limit on immigration -
End of Prohibition
President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law an amendment to the Volstead Act known as the Cullen-Harrison Act, allowing the manufacture and sale of certain kinds of alcoholic beverages.
