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First Working Car
The first working car sparked the flame for the car to be improved and Henry Ford did just that with the Model-T. It's improtant because without it people would have to walk everywhere or ride their bike for personal transportation. -
Radio Invented
The radio made it so that people can broadcast across the nation, the president can deliver speeches without having to go to each individual state to deliver that speech. It brought it into peoples homes and without radio troops wouldn't be able to communicate with each other over long distances -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was a time when African Americans moved from the south to the north in search of better jobs and to escape racism -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment prohibited the Sale/Consumption of Alchohol. This delt a blow to the Government because millions of dollars were going into the gangsters pockets that were running the illegal alchohol business -
19th Amendment
Prohibits any U.S. citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. This was important because it gave women the right to vote and with more people being able to vote it means higher odds for a specific person to be elected into presidency -
Emergency Quota Act/Immigration Act 1924
Immigration Act 1924 restricted the number of people immigrating into the United States. This kept the population stable and gave more jobs to Americans instead of to the immigrants that were coming into the U.S. looking for work -
Black Tuesday
Wall Street Crashed. This led to the start of the Great Depression because the banks collapsed and people had to sell their stocks for half of what they were worth. -
Black Thursday
Repeat of Black Tuesday -
FDR Elected
FDR enacted the New Deal which brought in Social Programs like Welfare, the CCC and Social Security to bring the U.S. out of the Great Depression -
Bank Crisis of 1933
All banks were closed to prevent more from collapsing. This kept the banks from having all their money withdrawn and thus collapsing from lack of funds -
21st Amendment
Repealed the 18th Amendment. This amendment was important because it made the sale of Alchohol legal again and enabled the government to put a tax on the sale/creation of alchohol which helped stimulate the economy -
Computers
Sometime in 1936 the personal computer was invented. Without the Personal Computer (PC for short) computers would still take up an entire room and have the computing power of a Harvard Graduate -
Hoover Dam Constructed
The Hoover Dam created Hydro Electricity which currently powers Las Vegas and many more cities and it created Lake Mead. -
G.I. Bill of Rights
The G.I. Bill of Rights gave soldiers returing from a war benifits like money to go to college -
Frisbee Invented
The frisbee gives college students something to do in their free time -
Television Invented
The television replaced the radio because it not only brought the voice of people into homes but it brought pictures of said people into homes -
Internet
The internet brought in a whole new world for people to explore, businesses can be created online we can talk with people in other countries using the internet anything is possible
