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The 19th Ademdment prohibits any United State citizen from being denied to vote. The Nineteenth Amendment was first introduced in Congress in 1878 by Senator Aaron A. Sargent. Forty-one years later, in 1919, Congress approved the amendment and submitted it to the states for ratification.
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KDKA was the world's first commercial radio station. It was createed in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. KDKA is now owned by the raido statioon CBS.
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The emergency quota act was a emergency immigration. The country imposed sa acted ccalled a quota andthe quota limmited the the number of immigrants who would be admitted from any country.
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A Boll Weevile is a small weevil that feeds on the fibers of the cotton boll. It is a major pest of the American cotton crop. The weevil destroyed the cotten crops.
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The stock market begins its spectacular rise. Bears little relation to the rest of the economy.
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An increase in the number of immigrants made the Ku Klux Klan and its 40,000 members march on Washington to show its protest against these new comers.
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Published during the age of the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes showed the struggles and life of an average African American. Gave a voice to the color people, and made the white people look at the "problem" from another point of view.
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Charles Lindberg was the man who completed the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Was the republican candiate, and was the president during the stock market crash. He is blamed for not taking action sooner.
