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America supplied Britain during the early years of the war. Come 1917, America finally joins the war sending 4 million troops to fight and losing 118,000. -
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Growth of technology including automobiles and film and the rise of jazz and dancing. -
Congress passes the 18th amendment which prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. This is ratified by the 21st amendment in 1933 -
Gives woman the right to vote -
The stock market crashes sending people to empty bank accounts and the global economy almost completely stopping. People began losing their jobs and experiencing food shortages. President Franklin Roosevelt passes the New Deal which helps improve faith in government and starts to move the U.S. economy in the right direction. It is the start of World War 2 that officially ends the Great Depression. -
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor forcing America to join World War 2