The first cross-country automobile trip in the United States
Wrigth Brother's First Flight
San Francisco earthquake occurs, estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale.
The first transcontinental airline flight
first moving assembly line
Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson conduct the first telephone conversation
US enters WWI
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I.
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Roaring Twenties
Period of economic growth from 1920-1929. More people lived in cities than farms, became a consumer's society. The nation's wealth more than doubled in this time period.
Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage
All Indians are designated citizens by legislation
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.