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The First Milking Machines
The Milking Machine was invented by Anna Baldwin and made milking a lot more simple. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This act completely cut Chinese from entering America from the Pacific Ocean. -
KKK-The Forest Lynching of 1900
This was one of the first and most brutal lynchings and beatings by the KKK. It made people around the country fear them and scared of their terrorizing ways. -
The Air Conditioner Was Invented
The air conditioner is a modern convenience we often take for granted. In the summer it makes life bearable and helps people be comfortable in the dead heat of summer. -
The Assembly Line is Started by Ford.
The Assembly Line was a genius idea by Henry Ford that made his vehicles able to be built extremely fast compared to before and led to companies around the world using Assembly Lines. -
The First Car is Introduced to the World
Cars were a major advancement in the world. They helped the economy by transporting good quicker and made travel a lot easier. It pushed away the horse and buggy. -
The Gasoline Powered Tractor Begins to Become an Extremely Important Product
The tractor made farming a lot easier and took jobs, moving some to the cities eventually leading to urbanization. -
The X-ray is Invented
The x-ray was invented by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen and changed the medical world. -
369th Infantry Comes Home from WWI
The 369th infantry was one of the first black infantries to return from the war. It let people know that blacks cared about the country and were willing to fight for it. -
Red Scare- anarchist actions against the government scare the U.S. citizens.
Attorney General of the Justice Department A. Mitchell Palmer had his house bombed by anarchists. The mayor of Seattle recieved a bomb in the mail and so did senator Thomas W. Hardwick. -
Red Scare- The General Intelligence Division Bureau of Investiagtion
The Justice Department, under A. Mitchell Palmer, started the General Intelligence Division of Bureau of Investigation on August 1, 1919 with J. Edgar Hoover as its leader. Its objective was to uncover Bolshevik conspiracies, and to find and incarcerate or deport conspirators. It was one of the first acts of the government to try and stop the scare that communism would take over the nation. -
The Beginning of Prohibition
President Woodrow Wilson approved the "Volsted Act" which made the sale of alcohol illegal. Despite the act people still smuggled alcohol into the country. -
Palmer Raids begin
In the photo it shows a made holding a sign saying anarchy. The Palmer Raids were events by anarchists like bombings. -
The National Negro Baseball League starts
The National Negro Baseball League started and gave blacks their own league of baseball and broke barriers. -
KKK-The Tulsa Race Riots
The KKK rioted there for 18 hours and struck fear into blacks and other races across the nation. Buildings were destroyed across the black neighborhood called Greenwood. -
The Nineteenth Amendment Allows Women to Vote
Women became closer to the level of men by finally given the right to vote after years of women speaking out and urging the government to give them the vote. -
The Emergency Quota Act of 1921
This act put a limit on how many immigrants could enter the country -
The Women's Birth Control League Starts
Founded by Margaret Sanger, this group wanted women to be more in control of their bodies and be able to use birth control. -
The National Origins Act
This act only let certain amounts of immigrants enter America. People became upset because they took jobs and wanted less immigrants. -
The Invention of Sliced Bread
Otto Frederick Rohwedder invented a machine that sliced bread. Several inventions claim to be the coolest thing since sliced bread. Sadly for them, it's hard to top. -
The Repeal of Prohibition
The twenty-first amendment was signed and president Franklin Roosevelt famously said (because the of the Great Depression) "Right now would be a great time for a beer."
