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Television
Joseph Henry's and Michael Faraday's work with electromagnetism jumpstarts the era of electronic communication. This was the beginning of the television. This was important to America because this is what we now have in almost every home in America. -
Telephone
Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically. This was the beginning of the era of the telephone. This soon impacted America by allowing people to talk to one another without being face to face. -
Frisbee
This was a company that made pies that were sold to many New England colleges. This was a good way of college students to buy cheap pies that could fill them. This influenced America positively because the sales of the pie created more demand for pies which increaed their company's profits. -
Car
This was the first internal combustion engine. It was made by Karl Benz. This influenced America by getting to places faster. -
radio
German scientist Heinrich Hertz proved the existence of radio waves, but a young italian named Gugliemo Marconi invented the wireless telegraph in his parents attic. -
The Great Migration
This impacted America by allowing people to find job opportunities. This also made it so black people could become free. The Whites were involved too ebcause they feared this would deprive them from their black labor. -
18th amendment
This was a law that banned alcohol. This influenced America by making them upset and rebell. It was also the only law that was repealled by the 21st amendment. -
Immigration Act 1924
This was important because this limited the amount of immigrants allowed to America. This influenced America by limiting the amount of immigrants coming to America. This did not affect Asia though, they did not allow them to come. -
Emergency Quota Act
This was a quota that only allowed 3% of immigrants to America. This influced America by allowing only a certain amount annually. This was important for America because we couldn't let so many people in anymore. -
black thursday
This was a period of time where a series of events that were bad happened. One of these events was the sotck market crash. This effected our trade market. -
black tuesday
This was the Wall Street Crash. This was the pre-Great Depression time. This was the time period where America was challenged. -
Hoover Dam
This was finally built in 1936. This was a concrete arch gravity dam in the back canyon of the CO. river. This was built during the great depression. It was orginally known as the Boulder Dam, but changed to honor Herbert Hoover. -
21st amendment
This law ratified the 18th amendment making it once again legal to drink alchohol. This influenced America in a positive and negative way. Women were really upset about this. -
1933 State of economy
This was a period of economic stress. It was a period of a fright for all banks. The bank system was unable to keep up with the panicked withdrawls that the cutomoers were making. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This was the 32nd U.S President. He was know for his New Deal programs. This influenced America positively by saving our economy. He was one of the many great Presidents. -
computer
This was the first computer which was for people to communicate. This influnced america by spreadind their ideas. This computer was the first computer to be freely programmable. -
GI Bill of Rights
This was a bill that gave money to unemployed Vets $20 a week. this influenced America by the ability of our people to gain money while they still looked for work. This was a good law. -
Internet
The internet was invented in 1950s by numerous amounts of eople. This influenced the advancement of America. This also was a way for people to communicate with one another.
