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One of the first skyscrapers created in New York
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Klu Klux Klan was reestablilshed on Thanksgiving night 1915
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prohibbitting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
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congress enacted a literacy test that reduced the number of immigrants alllowed in the country.
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published by James Weldon Johnson. commented on the half century of suffering following the emancipation proclaimation.
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Nebraska was the last state to ratify the 18th ammendment
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a series of bombings an dbomb threats, thought to be communists hit cities around the US
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a massive round up of foreign- borns by attourny general Mitchell Pakmer
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banned most commercial production and distribution of bewverages containing more that .5% of alcohol by volume
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without due process for robbery and murder. sentanced to death
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granted women the right to vote
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congress passed this act to reduce the flow of immigrants to the US even more
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provided for federal aide to establish state programs for maternal and infant health care
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stated that men and women shall have equal rights throught the US and every place subject to its jurisdiction
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limited immigration from Europe to 150,000 a year, allocated most available slots to immigrants from Great britain, Ireland, Germany, and Scandinavia and banned all Asian immigrants
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more than 20 million fans attended baseball games in 1927
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defeated Alfred Smith by a landslide
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by 1929, 70% of all indutrial power came form electricity
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repealed due to urban resistance
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although they declined after the 20's, they didnt officially disband untill 1944