american history B timeline

  • invention of the telephone

    the telephone was developed for a very long time and there was a legal battle over the invention credit...witch axizander grahm bell won.
  • the invention of the car

  • invention of the radio

  • The great migration

    The start of The Great Migration that lasted 20 years
  • 18th amendment passed

    The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (i.e. the beginning of Prohibition). It was ratified on January 16, 1919 and repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933. In the over 200 years of the U.S. Constitution, the 18th Amendment remains the only Amendment to ever have been repealed. Here is the complete text of the 18th Amendment.
  • 19th amentdment passed

    the amendment that allows women to vote,it took a long time to get this passed susan b anthony was a leading advicut for the amendment
  • Emergency Quota Act

    the emergency quota act made it so only a percntage of each ethnic groups could come into the country at a single time. was supposto be temporary
  • Immigration Act 1924

    the immigration act of 1924 changed the standard 3% limit of immigration to 2%
  • invention of the television

    The television was born
  • the great depression

    this is the worst the economy has ever been, 25% unemployment rate, 1 half of all banks closed
  • black thursday

    the start of the stock market crash
  • black tuesday

    the crash of the stock market the stock market looses 12 more percent networth 33000000000 were lost in 2 days
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    hoover dam

    this project put 40000 employies to work
    copper pipes running thrugh the hoover dam to cool the concrete
    provides electrisity to las vegas.
  • 21st amendment passed

    overtured the 18th emendment witch ended prohabition of alcohol....the first and only time we overturned an amentment
  • invention of the computer

  • G.I. bill of rights

    veterans who fight for our country should get benifits to make life back at home easyer
  • invention of the internet