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One of the first skyscrapers created in New York.
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On Thanksgiving night. They disbanded in 1944.
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Congress enacted a literacy test that reduces the number of immigrants allowed in the country.
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Published by James Weldon Johnson. Commented on the hald century of suffering following the emacipation proclimation.
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U.S. Agents arrest 1,700 in the Red Scare raids.
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Amendment for prohibition of alcohol.
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A massive round up of foreign-borns by attourny general A Mitchell Palmer.
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Given women the right to vote.
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Banned most commercial production and distribution of beverages containing more than .5% of alcohol by volume.
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Provided for federal aide to establish state programs for maternal and infant health care.
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Henry Luce begins publishing the magazine in March.
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Stated that men and women shall have equal rights throughout the US and every place subject to its jurisdiction.
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Senate probs the scandal.
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NOQA restricts immigration from Europe and bans immigration from Asia.
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John Scopes convicted of teaching theory of evolution in violation of Tennessee Law in July.
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First Martha Graham dance recital in April.
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Charles Lindbergh completed the first nonstop transcontinental flight from New York to Paris in May.
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They were executed in august for payroll robbery and murder.
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The movie The Jazz Singer features singing-talking soundtrack.
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Herbert Hoover defeated Alfred Smith by a landslide.
