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The 19th amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote.
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Ford Model T Cars on
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The stock market begins its spectacular rise. Bears little relation to the rest of the economy.
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The Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial begins and would later convict John T. Scopes of teaching Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory at a Dayton, Tennessee high school, which violated Tennessee law. He is fined $100 for the charge.
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Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer, the first "talking" motion picture, premieres, marking the beginning of the end of the silent film era.
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Henry ford shut down the Model T production and began on a new car in the late 1920s. He did this because he realized that the stock was going down.
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The first appearance of Mickey and Minnie Mouse on film occurs with the release of the animated short film, Plane Crazy.
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Herbert Hoover is elected to presidency.
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The Stock Market Crashed and this became known as Black Tuesday.
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The Stock market crashed which was the beginning of the Great Depression.
