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Cars
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first self propelled vehicle for the road it was a military tractor for the french. -
computers
No one really knows when the first computer was invented but in around 1820 two different computers that could be programed with punch cards. -
telephone
Alexander Bell invented the first telephone and becasue of it we have world wide communication. -
The great migration
The great migration it was a huge migration of african americans out of southern states. -
18th Amendment
the 18th amendment made alcohol illegal starting the prohibition. -
Radio
The CB radio came out in the 1920's with 23 channels -
19th amendment
Women gained the right to vote. -
Emergency quota act
restricted immagration in the US this was the most important event in immagration to america after the revolution. -
Immagration Act
this added new laws to the immagration laws already in place. -
television
The first t.v. was built by J.L. Braid -
Black Thursday
The day new york stock exchange crashed. Prices for stock were too high. -
the hoover dam constructed
this was a huge project involving thousands of workers and costing about 100 lives. the damn was dedicated to Franklin Roosevelt. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President
Roosevelt led U.S. through WW2 -
21st amendment
Prohibition is over -
1933 (state of economy)
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GI bill of rights
Ment to reabsorb millions of vetrans returning from WW2 -
Internet
The internet started from arpanet in 1969