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The Vehicle
In 1769, the very first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by French engineer and mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot -
The Telephone
In the 1870s, two inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically the telephone -
The television
1876 was the year that Nipkow patented a rotating disc that could be used to capture and display an image using electricity -
The Radio
Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian inventor, proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895. -
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The Great Migration
South African americans mmigrated to escape racism, find jobs, and escape the slave trade -
The 18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol -
19th Amendment
19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States -
Black Thursday
October 24, 1929, when 12.9 million shares of stock were sold in one day, triple the normal amount. Share prices fell 15 - 20%, causing a stock market crash. -
Black Tuesday
The stock market lost $14 billion on Black Tuesday. Total loss for the week was $30 billion, ten times more than the Federal budget. -
21st Amendment
21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment, making alcohol once again legal -
The computer
1936 Konrad Zuse Z1 Computer First freely programmable computer. -
The internet
1969 and was quickly usurped by civilian computer nerds who had now found a way to share the few great computers that existed at that time.