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The 18th Amendment of the US Constitution was prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment was proposed on December 18, 1917, and was ratified on January 16, 1919.
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A series of violent and abusive raids led by the government directed at leftist radicals and anarchists. Began during the Red Scare.
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An act passed to enforce the 18th Amendment
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Gave women the right to vote.
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The National Football League is the professional American football league consisting of 32 teams.
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This limited the immigration of people to the US
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Signed by the US, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, and China that affirmed China's sovereignty, independence, and territory and gave all nations the right to do business with them on equal terms.
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Established a system of national quotas. It excluded Asians and southern/eastern Europeans
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A novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a millionaire chasing after his former wife out of love he feels for her.
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The Scopes Trial was the prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a public school, which a recent bill had made illegal.
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The US first major broadcast network over radio and TV.
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Babe Ruth breaks the single season records for home runs. The previous record was 59 held by himself from 1921.
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The 15 millionth Ford Model T rolls of the assembly line at Ford Motor Co. in Michigan.
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The US second major broadcasting network by radio and, later on, TV
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The first ever motion picture with sound. It’s about a young man who wants to be a performer, but his father pressures him to take on the family tradition rather than perform.
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She was the first ever woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in a plane.
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This is what led to the Mickey Mouse cartoon’s by Disney. Disney’s first ever produced animated cartoon.
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The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang by Al Capone.
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Black Thursday is when panicked investors sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping to 11% at the open in very heavy volume. Black Thursday began the Wall Street crash
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Repealed the 18th Amendment.
