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The Milking Machine was invented by Anna Baldwin and made milking a lot more simple.
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This act completely cut Chinese from entering America from the Pacific Ocean.
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This was one of the first and most brutal lynchings and beatings by the KKK. It made people around the country fear them and scared of their terrorizing ways.
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The air conditioner is a modern convenience we often take for granted. In the summer it makes life bearable and helps people be comfortable in the dead heat of summer.
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The Assembly Line was a genius idea by Henry Ford that made his vehicles able to be built extremely fast compared to before and led to companies around the world using Assembly Lines.
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Cars were a major advancement in the world. They helped the economy by transporting good quicker and made travel a lot easier. It pushed away the horse and buggy.
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The tractor made farming a lot easier and took jobs, moving some to the cities eventually leading to urbanization.
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The x-ray was invented by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen and changed the medical world.
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The 369th infantry was one of the first black infantries to return from the war. It let people know that blacks cared about the country and were willing to fight for it.
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Attorney General of the Justice Department A. Mitchell Palmer had his house bombed by anarchists. The mayor of Seattle recieved a bomb in the mail and so did senator Thomas W. Hardwick.
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The Justice Department, under A. Mitchell Palmer, started the General Intelligence Division of Bureau of Investigation on August 1, 1919 with J. Edgar Hoover as its leader. Its objective was to uncover Bolshevik conspiracies, and to find and incarcerate or deport conspirators. It was one of the first acts of the government to try and stop the scare that communism would take over the nation.
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President Woodrow Wilson approved the "Volsted Act" which made the sale of alcohol illegal. Despite the act people still smuggled alcohol into the country.
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In the photo it shows a made holding a sign saying anarchy. The Palmer Raids were events by anarchists like bombings.
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The National Negro Baseball League started and gave blacks their own league of baseball and broke barriers.
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The KKK rioted there for 18 hours and struck fear into blacks and other races across the nation. Buildings were destroyed across the black neighborhood called Greenwood.
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Women became closer to the level of men by finally given the right to vote after years of women speaking out and urging the government to give them the vote.
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This act put a limit on how many immigrants could enter the country
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Founded by Margaret Sanger, this group wanted women to be more in control of their bodies and be able to use birth control.
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This act only let certain amounts of immigrants enter America. People became upset because they took jobs and wanted less immigrants.
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Otto Frederick Rohwedder invented a machine that sliced bread. Several inventions claim to be the coolest thing since sliced bread. Sadly for them, it's hard to top.
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The twenty-first amendment was signed and president Franklin Roosevelt famously said (because the of the Great Depression) "Right now would be a great time for a beer."
