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Andrew Carnegie
In 1873 Carnegie's first mill started its building process.
Carnegie industrialized steel work and made it easier for workers.
He even had one of the first open hearth furnaces in his house in 1883.
Carnegie was a charitable man and a strong investor and business owner.
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James A. Garfield
Garfield was elected president in 1881.
Garfield was a reformer.
He figured he could help with African American civil right with education.
Garfield was assassinated in 1881. -
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland was elected 22nd president in 1885.
He was the first democratic president after Civil War.
Cleveland Acted on many bills.
He angered railroad companies and owners by taking back 81,000,000 acres of land from the owners and companies.
Cleveland also reduced high protection tariff.s
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Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a leader for womens suffrage and womens rights.
Addams believed that if women worked in and cleaned up communties they should be able to vote.
Addams had a settlement house names The Hull House.
The hull house was co-founded by Ellen Gates Star. -
John Piere Morgan
J.P. morgan bought Carnegie Steel in 1901.
United States Steel Corporation "Carnegie steel" becomes one of the most powerful banking houses.
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The Red Scare
The Red scare started in 1919. Authorities discovered a plot to send bombs in the mail to important government officials. The Red scare attacks were praised at first as a good thing but wuickly changed. -
Palmer Raids
The first initial attack was in November of 1920. The date was chosen because it was the anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. Because of the raids 556 illiegal immigrants were deported. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott fitzgerald worked with many movie producers in hollywood during the 1920's. He was a big member of the lost generation. He was a known heavy drinker. -
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth played for the New York Yankees all through out the 1920's. He broke many of the records at this time including, homeruns, batting average, and runs batted in. -
George Polley
George Polley was also know as "The human fly". He was known to climb buildings, and sometimes pretend to fall but catch himself on the next windowsill. He started in 1920, and had climbed over 2000 buildings before he died. He was arrested in 1920 mid climb while climbing the Woolworth building. George polley died from a brain tumor at age 29. -
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Prohibition
Prohibition was started with the ratification of the 18th amendment. Prohibition caused many things good and bad. Many people supported prohibition and many didnt. It was ended with the ratification of the 21st amendment. -
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong was one of the first men in jazz to have extended solos on trumpets in his music. Armstrong recorded many songs with multiple bands during the 20's. Armstrong also did comedy at his shows and sang. -
Nineteenth Amendment
The 19th amendment was ratified in 1920. It everyone to vote regardless of sex. It was also worded just like the 15th amendment. The first time it was proposed was in 1872 and was denied with a 16-34 vote. -
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Collidge was inaugurated after our 29th president died. Coolidge died in 1933 -
First Olympic Winter Games
The first Olympic Winter Games were held in Charmonix, France. The events featured were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, skiing, nordic skiing, cross country skiing, ski jump, nordic combined, and military patrol. The U.S. placed with 4 metals, one gold, two silver, and one bronze. -
Klu Klux Klan
The KKK hit a rapid growth spurt in members in 1924. The number of members reached almost 6 million people. These people were in mostly the west and mid west. The leaders also tried to infiltrate politics. -
First Talking Movie
"The Jazz Singer" was the first synchronized talking movie featuring scenes with talking, music and sounds, all in one movie. -
Invention of sliced bread
The first marketed, bagged, sliced bread was sold in 1928.It was sold by the Chillicothe baking company. Wonderbread first sold nationwide in 1930. -
Twenty First Amendment
Ratified in 1933 it ended the prohibition from the 1920's. It was also the first amendment to repeal a former amendment. Proposed by congress on February 20th, 1933
