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The first temperature/humidty controlling device was released.
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The safety razor was patented and produced, easing process of shaving.
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The Model T was the first car introduced in the United States. This was an enormous impact, and helped countless Americans and industries.
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Women marched up Fifth Avenue in NYC demanding the right to vote.
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The assemly line was introduced by Henry Ford. It greatly increased the rate at which cars could be produced, and lowered their costs. It also impacted society, and began being used for other products.
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Congress approved the Literacy Test to get into the states. Once again, it was harder to get into the states for immigrants.
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This was an act that put many restrictions on immigrants. These included an $8 entry tax, and added many conditions the immigrants had to fill. It made it much harder to get into the states.
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The Harlem Renaisssance was a time with much music and writing. It showed that African Americans were very talented in both music and writing, such as Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong.
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The Eighteenth Amendment was passed, banning all alcohol in the United States. This began the period known as prohibition.
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Charles Strite invented the pop-up toaster, making it possible to toast two sides of bread at once.
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A Series of raids against suspected radicals and communists, begining November 7, 1919.
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Emma Goldman, one of the prominent was deported along with hundreds of radicals. She was considered the nation's most dangerous female at the time.
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In 1920, a bomb exploded in front of the J. P. Morgan office on Wall Street, killing 38 and injuring another 400. Many thought a plot to overthrow the government was on its way after this.
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The nineteench amendment gave all citizins the right to vote. Women finally had the say they had wanted.
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In Florida, when two black men attempted to vote, the Klan attacked their town. Eight were killed, and around 25 buildings were set on fire.
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The KKK arrived in Oregon and began setting up "klaverns" in highly white populated areas to attract klansmen.
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Coleman became the first African American to get a pilot's liscense,
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The act established a system of national quotas that discriminated against immigrants. Southern and Eastern Europes were very restriced, and Asians were basically omited.
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The Twenty-first Amendment was passed, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. This ended prohibiton in America.
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This machine automatically tied bales of hay with twine, making it labor much easier ad mechanized.
