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The Car
wee cheep back then conparied to today. ritch people had cars at first. -
telephone
came after te tellagraph. alexander gram bell ws the inventor. main source of commuicating to this day. -
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The Grate Migration
The Great Migration-when 6 million slaves moved out of the south. In the south life was always on the line. jobs were better in the north. -
18th amendment-
1920 this prohibition the disabrution of liq. Alcohol was the leading cause of many problems. l
they thought life would be better with out it. -
19th amendment
woman fought for a long time. Susan b Antony played a big roll. woeman soon eared there rights and everything payed off. -
Emergency Quota Act
Emergency Quota Act-reduced immigration to 3 % of every rice in America. This was inresponce to extreme levels of immigration from Europe. Wildro wison was president when passed, 1921 -
mmigration Act 1924
this act reduced reduced immigration to 2% of every race. Was more strict to Asians and Europeans. thought pouplations would be better -
Black Thursday
the stock market loses 13% of total value. Caused by inverters desperate to sell their stocks. Although the economy lost billions of dollars about 2% of the population invested. -
Black Tuesday oct, 29 1929
stock market loses 12%. stocks were too high. start of dipression. -
the radio
The raido enter the us in 1933. People thought it would be just a fad. Came fater the telegraph. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President
president during world war 2. had polio. lead outa the grate depression -
1933 (state of economy)
time period of economy stress. cut saleries of fedural workers. -
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Hoover Dam constructed
took two years to build. its in the black canyon.
involved thousands of workers -
21st amendment
alcohol is legal. people start buying. replaced the 18th amendment -
Gi bill of rights
pervided benifts for soldiers that came back. helped soldiers. pervied education -
The Television
Television first became commercialized in the U.S. in the early 1950s. people also thought tis was a fad. tvs were in black in white and were tunned back then -
the firsbee
baby boom toy. people started making things to make easy money. basic toy. -
computer
did basic stuff. had a caulator. were big -
internet