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Car
-The first car that was gasoline powered was created by Carl Benz.
-The first car that he deveoped was a one cylinder two strockthat ran on new years in 1879.
-At first the Benz was only a one seater but wasn't until 1885 that the Benz was able to seat two people. -
Radio
-Germany Physicist Heinrich Hertz Discovers electromagnetic waves in his labrotory.
-Thanks to Herts we now have to technology for radio, television, and radar.
-Hertz prooved that radio waves travel at an infinite speed over a distance. -
television
-The first television was seen at the world fair in paris.
-In 1907 scientist found a way to use cathode rays and a vaccum tube.
-A person named Perskyi was the first person to refer to the invention as television. -
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the great migration
-The great migration is when more than six million african americans moved from the south to the north midwest.
-The great migration lasted 20 years, from 1910 to 1930.
-During The Great Migration when all white soldiers had come back from the war they were furious to find that all the african americans had taking over there jobs. the great miggration lasted 20 years. -
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18th Amendment
-The 18th Amenedment otherwise known as prohibition banned the production, transport, and sale of alcohol.
-Durin gthe prohibition era one of the worlds fanmous gangsters rose, El Capone he was famous for selling alcohol illegally.
-During the 18th Amenedment every one was over whelmed with the increase of corruption amoungst the police. -
The 19th Amendment
-The 19th Amendment Prohibits any person from being denied the right to vote based on there sex.
-Before this Amendment was passed women where denied the right to vote based on there sex.
-Most woment hat fought for this right went threw alot just to get themselves noticed. -
Emergency Quota Act
-The Emergency Quota Act was the restriction of immigration into other countries.
-The Emergency Quota Act proved in a long run the most important turning point in American immigration policy.
-The Act meant that only people of the North Europe who had similar cultures to that of Americans. -
Immigration Act
-The immigration act made it so that there was a certain amount of immigrants that could enter the united states.
-The immigration act was also known as the Johnson-Reed act.
-During the immigration act not only where african americans banned but also Arabs, eastern Asians, and Indians. -
telephone
-The telephone was a new machine that many people though was helpful and still is today.
-The telephone allows a person to talk to another person that has a telephone as well wich is great for a long distance message.
-Telephones have evolved into more sleeker versions called cell phones which are portable phones. -
Black Tuesday
-Black Tuesday was when Wall Street took a horriable plunge to the ground.
-Black Tuesday was the most devistating stock market crash in the history of the United States.
-Black Tuesday was the beginning of the great depression. -
Black Thursday
-Black thursday was the beginning of the Great depression along with Black Tuesday.
-During Black Thursday three leadin gbanks bought stocks to restore confidence in the market.
-One Black Thursday the stocks had dropped 20%. -
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Hoover Dam constructed
-The Hoover Dam's construction would have lasted longer because of the cooling process but the archetect had a n idea to run pipes filled with cool eater threw out the dam.
-Before The Hoover Dam's construction the location was so remote that before construction the workers had to put down railroad lines and roads.
-To avoid the the whole dam cracking the dam was constructed in layers. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt elcted presodent
-During the 1932 election it was Franklin D. Roosevelt vs Herbert Hoover.
-Roosevelt blamded Hoover for putting The United States in The great depression and promised he would take us out of it with the "New Deal".
-The New Deal was a line of government programs that where designed to help The United States and get the out of the Great Depression. -
The 21st Amendment
-The 21st Amendment was when the United States repealed the 18th Amendment which was prohibiting anything to do with alcohol nationwide.
-This was also the only Amendment that had ever been repealed.
-The 21st Amendment was repealed because the prohibition was causeing more problems then solving them. -
State of Economy
-Washington Governor Clarence Martin closed all Washington State banks and declared a three day "bank holiday."
-The banking system was not able to keep up with all the withdraws that customers where making from there bank accounts.
-Governor Martin was able to force a temporary closure on all banks. -
computer
-The Z1 was a mechanical computer that was designed by Konrad Zuse.
-The Z1 was the first freely programmable computer in the world.
-The Z1 was the first in a computer series that went up to the Z3 computer. -
The GI Bill of Rights
-The GI bill of rights was a series of benefits that supported returning world war 2 veterans.
-The benefits included low costing mortages, low interset loans, and one year of unemployment compensation.
-The GI bill was a major factor in the creation of the American middle class. -
Frisbee invented
-The first professional model Frisbee was produced in 1959 by Wham-O.
-The Frisbee is a palstic disc that you can throw to a parter and play catch with it.
-The first idea for a frisbee came from tossing around a pie tin. -
the Internet
-The internet becomes a big part of the computing establishment.
-The internet is used in the lives of professionals in developed countries.
-The number of connected computers reached and goes over 1,000,000.