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Computer
This was significant because it gave people access to doing more things. -
Car
This was significant because it made it easier for people to move around and quicker. -
Telephone
This was significant because it was from a man that was just experimenting and ended up inveting something that is used world-wide. -
Radio
This was significant because it provided music for people. -
The Great Migration
This was significant because African Americans had to take many sacrifices to bea able to establish a good life. -
18th Amendment
This was significant because it banned the manufacture, sale nad transportation of alcohol. -
19th Amendment
This was siginficant because it denied the right to vote based on sex. -
Emergency Quota Act
This event was significant because it restricted the number of immigrants admitted from any country into the United States. This gave many people little hope of a new life. -
Immigration Act 1924
This event was significant because this was the same as the Emergency Quota Act of 1921, except this one decresed the 3% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States to 2%. -
Black Tuesday
This was significant because it was a very hard time for the United States, when the stock market lost 11% of it's value. -
Black Thursday
This was significant because it was when the NYSE crashed leading to the Great Depression of the 1930s. -
1933 (State of Economy)
This was significant because this year banks were closed because of economic stress. -
FDR elected president
This was significant because FDR was a great president and helped the economy and the people especially! -
21st Amendment
This was significant because it ratified the 18th Amendment. So it was up to people. -
Hoover Dam constructed
This was significant not only because it was buit really big for the economy but also because many people gor a job because of their help constructing it. -
GI Bill of Rights
This was significant because it was specially for the veterans coming home from World War II. -
Television
This is significant because it was when the first still image was transfered from wires. -
Frisbee invented
This was significant because it became a new sport for people. -
Internet
This was significant because it gave people access to looking things up and do more.