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Black Thursday
Series of fires that swept the state of Victoria, Austrailia. -
Franklin D. Rosevelt elected president
32nd President of the United States, a central figure in world events in mid 20th century. -
Car
Wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers. -
Radio
The transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. -
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration was the movement of 2 million African Americans they migrated to find jobs in citites and escape racism. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export, of alcholic beverages. -
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and recieveing images that can be shades of gray or multicolored- Usually with sound. -
19th Amendment
Denyd the right to vote based on sex -
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Emergency Quota Act and Immigration Act of 1924
Restriction of immigration in the United States. -
Black Tuesday
Most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States. -
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Hoover Dam Constructed
Once known as the Boulder Dam- a concrete arch gravity dam in the Blac k Canyon of the Colorado River during the Great Depression. -
21st Amendment
Manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcholic beverages was illegal. -
1933 (state of economy)
Unemployment rate was 25%, more than half of the banks closed, extremely high interest rates. -
Telephone
Telecommunications device that transmits and recieves sound-the human voice. -
Computer
A programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. -
GI Bill Of Rights
An omnibus bill that provided college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans. -
Frisbee invented
The clay target used in trapshooting, almost identical to a plying disc in shape. -
Internet
A gloabal system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide.