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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot Built the first self propelled road vehicle (military tractor) for the French army.
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Nobody really knows when the first computer was invented but in around 1820 designed two different computers that could be programed with punch cards.
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The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell and now because of it we all have cell phones.
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The great migration is was a huge migration of African American's out of southern U.S to the midwest, northeast, and west to escape slavery and find jobs.
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the 18th amendment made alcohol illegal
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The CB radio came out in the 1920s with about 23 channels to listen to.
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Gave women the right to vote.
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restricted immigration into the United States. This proved to be most important turning-point in American immigration policy because it added new features to American immigration law.
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The first t.v system was built by J.L. Baird.The first person to appear on television was a young office boy in the building where Baird worked.
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The day the New York Stock exchange plummeted, leading to the great depression of the 1930s.
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The day the New York Stock Exchange crashed. Prices for stock were too high, far higher than they were really worth
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This was a massive effort involving thousands of workers and costing about 100 lives. The Hoover Dam was also dedicated to Franklin Roosevelt in 1935
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Roosevelt led the U.S through WWII and died in 1945.
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It repealed the 18th amendment and started prohibition.
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This was pre-war economy right before WWII
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The purpose of the bill was to help the nation reabsorb millions of veterans returning from overseas who had been fighting in World War II.
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The GI bill of rights allowed veterans to go to college or vocational education for returning from World War II.
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The internet started from Arpanet in 1969. Arpanet was a project of th US ministry of defense. It had been used to network between universities and research institutes.