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Oliver Evans introduced the first car to the United States.
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Cyrus McCormik created the mechanical reaper which allowed farmers to cut crops,without bending down.
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This didn't allow the immigration of Chinese laborers. It also forbade the naturalization of Chinese in America.
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The Schwinn bicycle was cheap and faster than walking
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Willis Haviland Carrier created the first conditioner for home usage.
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The Henry Ford assembly line was the practice of moving the work from one worker to another until it became a complete unit, then arranging the flow of these units at the right time and the right place to a moving final assembly line from which came a finished product.
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The NAACP was established to help African Americans protect their lives, win the right to vote, and secure their civil rights. It was made up of black and white Progressives.
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The tractor increased production of farm goods. Also, it was less exspensive than hiring employees.
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In eight cities, eight bombs simultaneously exploded at the same hour. One target was the Washington, D.C., house of US Attorney General Palmer.
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Women are allowed to work and get paid for the work they do.
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416 African Americans were lynched
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Prohibition was the banning of alcohol usage. Women believed that Prohibition would keep them safe from their drunken husbands, who liked to be violent .
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The ratification of the 18th amendment allowed women to vote for the first time, on November 2, 1920.
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It limited the number of immigrants coming to America. Three oercent of a nationality could come to the U.S.
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The National Origins Act was a quota system to govern immigration from specific companies.
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Grand Dragon David Stephenson kidnapped and rapped Oberholtzer.
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The "Monitor-Top" was created.
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Sacco and Vanzetti were anarchist charged with the shooting and killing of two men during a holdup at a shoe factory near Boston.
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Oscar DePriest elected to 71st Congress from Chicago's South Side, becoming the first Black congressman from the North and the first Black in Congress since the end of the first Reconstruction.
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The 21st amendmaent repealed the 18th amendment. So, it was legal to make and sell alcoholic beverages.
