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car
1886 the first gas powered car was invented by karl benz. In 1806 engineer Francis Isaac de Rivaz built an engine powered by combustion of a hydrogen and oxygen. cars began to get populer between the late 19th century and early 20th centurys. -
18th amendment
amendment 18 is a prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States. the Volstead Act thought of way's of enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment, the amendment was new on January 17 1920. -
frisbee invented
Walter Frederick Morrison invented the frisbee. He was born in Richfield Utah. the frisbee is a flying disc.also played as a sport -
19th amendment
19th amendment allowed all American women the right to vote. 1910s most states disenfranchised women. Nineteenth prohibits suffrage because of sex and the Fifteenth because of "race, color,. -
quota act
immigration Restriction Act, restricted immigration into the United States. The Act had no limits on immigration from Latin America. people from northern European countries had a higher quota -
immigration act 1924
immigration Act did not allow a number of immigrants into the United States. quota provided immigration visas to a certain % of the total number of people already in the United States. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia. -
television
In England in 1878 a Scottish amateur scientist, made the first TV picture, t.v is moving picyures and sounds with wires or electricity. -
black thursday
a term used to refer to events which happened on a Thursday. beginning of one of the worst stock market crashes in U.S. history. The stock market had already fallen 20% since its record. -
black tuesday
New York's Stock Exchange had failed. This was called the great depression. -
The Great Migration
The Great migration was a movement of 6 million African Americans out of the southern U.S. to urban Northeast,midwest,and west that happened between 1910 and 1970. -
hoover dam
hoover Dam, used to be Boulder Dam. but now is a concretedam in the Canyon of the Colorado River,.on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. -
franklin D rooseavelt
an American statesman and political leader. he was the 32nd President of the United States. his initials were FDR, people mostly called him by FDR. -
21st amendment
The 21st Amendment repealing the 18th Amendment and brought an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America. -
g.i bill of rights
a law that gave benefits for returning World War II veterans. Benefits included low cost mortgages, low interest loans, cash payments of tuition and living expenses to attend university or high school. -
computer
the first computer was called a transistor and was invented in 1947. computer is a device that can be programmed to do certain things. computer can solve more than one kind of problem -
internet
Tim Berners lee invented the World Wide Web. first workable internet came in the late 1960s. the web is the most common means of accessing data online.