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The Telephone
On this date the firrst words were heard on the telephone. Peoplke were now able to comminucate verbaly without being in the same room as the other person -
Radio
American engineer Reginald A Fessenden transmitted the first human voice to a reciver -
Car
Henry Ford made the assembly line which made making cars very fast and efficient -
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The Great Migration
This is when more than 6 million African Americans moved from the rural south to the cities in the north -
18th Amnendment
Made the manufacturing, sale, import, export, and transpotation of alcohol illegal -
21st Amnedment
Ended prohibition and the government started taxing the sale of alcohol to make money. -
19th amendment
Granted women the right to vote -
Emergency Quota Act
Limted the amount of immigrants that enter the US frrom each country. -
Immigration Act 1924
This set Qoutas that was a limit on how many immigrants can come from certain countries each year -
Black Thursday
When the stock market plummeted which caused the great depression -
Black Tuesday
The stock market crashed -
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Teleivsion
In the early 30's fuzzy broadcasts were shown of wrestling, dance and music to some people but in 1939 at the worlds fair in New York the NBC was announced. -
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Hoover Dam constructed
This is how long it took for the Hoover damn to be constructed. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President
This was the first time a democrat took control of the white house since Abraham Lincoln. FDR came up with new deal which created gov. programs like welfare and social security which helped strenthen the economy. -
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Steate of economy 1933
The year started of horrible in the first couple of months but FDR came out with the new deal and the economy started to get better gradually. -
GI Bill of Rights
Helped veterans out like helping them go back to school -
The frisbee invented
In 1948 invented the plastic frisbee which could fly faster and further than the tin ones. -
Internet
In 1969 the internet connected the four major US universitys. -
Computor
In 146 the Univeristy of Pennsylvania introduced the first electronic general purpose computor.
