american history B

  • car

    an invention for transportation
  • television

    a invention to watch as a source of entertainment
  • telephone

    an invention used for voice communication
  • radio

    an invention used for listening to updates and music.
  • Period: to

    the great migration

    a period of time where there was a huge migration of african americans moving from the south to the north.
  • 18th amendment

    banned manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
  • 19th amendment

    prohibits any united states citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.
  • Emergency Quota Act

    restricted immigration into the united states.
  • Immigration Act 1924

    a law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country.
  • Black Tuesday

    most famous stock market crash. stocks lost 13% of their value on this day.
  • Black Thursday

    when the new york stock exchange plummeted leading to the great depression.
  • Hoover Dam constructed

    the idea of the dam had been brought forth by teddy roosevelt and so forth. it was built to controll the colorado river and woiuld also provide hydroelectric power eventually paying off its own finance.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt elected president

    was govenor of new york, then became president. he selected john nance garner as his running mate.his rival he beat was herbert hoover. his first action as president dealt with the banking crisis.
  • 21st amendment

    reversed the 18th amendment for no alcohol. this amendment allowed alcohol again.
  • 1933 (state of economy)

    worst economic crisis in united states history.
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    computer

    an invention used as a helpful resource machine
  • GI Bill of Rights

    this was an omnibus bill that provided college or vocational education for returning world war 2 veterans.
  • Frisbee invented

    invented by a los angeles building expector whos name was Walter Frederick Morrison.
  • internet

    a useful resource for finding information on the invention the computer.