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Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell recieved patent for first telephone. -
Automobile
FIrst modern car developed by Karl Benz from Germany in 1885 -
Radio
Invention of Radio -
The Great Migration Begins
The 1900's was when blacks first started migrating to the North in order to leave the racism and discrimination that faced them in the south and to seek job oportunities -
Ford Mdoel T
Introduction of first affordable American automobile -
18th Admendment to the Constitution
The 18th Admendment to the constitution established prohibition on alcohol. All alcohol was outlawed in the Uniteed States -
19th Admendment to the Constitution
The 19th admendment to the Constitution outlawed citizens being the right to vote based on sex -
Emercy Quota Act
Emergency Act passed by US government that restricted the number of immigrants allowed in to the US -
Immigration Act of 1924
Act passed in 1924 that restricted European and Asain immigration even further than the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 -
Televison
The TV was first introduced to the general population in the US in the late 1920's -
Black Thursday
Black Thursday marked the day when the stock market started slipping and led up to Black Tuesday, whent eh stock market crashed -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was a day that stocks on the stock market dropped suddenly and dropped very low. Black tuesday was one of the events that was believed to be one of the many causes of the great depression in the 1930's -
1933
1933 Marked the start of the great deppression int he United States, which lasted for almost a decade -
FDR elected President
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21st Admendment to the Constitution
The 21st admendment to the Constitution repealed the 18th admendment, which prohibtied alcohol nation wide. -
Hoover Dam constructed
The Hoover Dam was built in honor of President Hoover -
G.I. Bill of RIghts
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act, or the G.I. Bill of Rights, was a law passed in 1944 that gave many WWII veterans benefits after they came back from the war. These benefits including low-costs mortgages, available loans, cash payments of tuition and living expenses to attend school, and one year of unemployment compensation -
Computer
Introduction of the first general use computer, the ENIAC -
Invention of the Frisbee
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Internet
Introduction of the Internet
