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Henry Ford, The Automobile And The Assembly Line
December 1st, 1913 in his Highland Park plant, Henry Ford introduced the assembly line to automobile manufactoring. Henry Ford's assembly line was his greatest innovention. It sped up the production process and made cars much more affordable.It changed the concept of manufactoring in all sectors, not just the automotive industry. -
The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
The event to begin the end, June 28th, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were assassinated by a Serbian nationalist of the Black Hand as traveled to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The deaths sparked a chain of events that brought the outbreak of World War I by early August. Five years to the day after Franz Ferdinand's death, Germany and the Allied Powers signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially marking the end of World War I. -
Lusitania sunk by a German U-boat submarine
The British ship Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat submarine, causing a total of 1,200 deaths and of them 128 American passengers were lost. After the outbreak of WW1, sea voyage became dangerous for boats on the seas. All ships headed to Great Britain were warned of possible U-boat attacks and needed to be on alert to be able to protect themselves. -
Zimmerman Telegram
In Feburary of 1917, Americans recieved a deciphered telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to Mexico offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This message finally drew the United States into the war after 3 years of neutrality. On April 6, 1917, the United States Congress formally declared war on Germany and the central powers. -
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points outlined a peace proposal which asked for unselfish peace terms from the victorious Allies, new territorial boundaries rewarding the victors, national self-determination, and the establishment of the league of nations that would handle future international conflict. Many of these points were changed, but the development of an international peace keeping force remained constant. -
Prohibition And The 18th Amendment Passed
Prohibition, a time when all alcoholic beverages in the United States were outlawed and illegal, caused the nation to react with an increase of the crime rate. Speakeasies, hidden saloons and nightclubs that sold liquor illegally, popped up in cities across the country and were run by successful gangsters that imported alcohol from Europe and Canada. -
19th Amendment Passed With Help Of Jeannette Rankin
With the help of congressperson, Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to be elected into congress, the 19th amendent gave birth to woman's suffrage in America. Women now had the right to vote and contribute to decisions made in the country. This was only one of the reforms that occured during the Progressive Era. -
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a novel all about the dreams of members in an upperclass society. Like Fitzgerald, the main character, Jay Gatsby dreams of riches, moves from a midwest town to the east. Gatsby, a WW1 veteran, pursues to rekindle an old love, Daisy who is married to Tom Buchanan. Gatsby believes in the power of love, romance and marriage, but the height of desire spirals downward. -
Scopes Trial
At this time, Americans school taught soley of the beginning of life brought by God. In 1925, John Scopes, a Dayton, Tennessee teacher, was arrested fir teaching the theory of evolution which violated local law. -
Charles Lindbergh's Nonstop Flight Across the Atlantic
An offered a prize of $25,000 to the first person to fly nonstop across the Alantic, New York City to Paris, intrigued Charles Lindbergh, an unknown pilot at that time. He was the first sucessful man to make the 34 hour journey and was celebrated throughout the country. Lindbergh became a big symbol of flight growth in the Aviation field.