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Alexander Bell hearing sound believed he could help people even more by inventing a device to send your voice through a wire.
He thought of an idea of electronic speech while he visited his hearing-impaired mother in Canada. He believed he could transmit sound through a wire when he thought of the idea when one of his assistants was trying to reactivate a telegraph transmitter. -
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The war on Spain was followed by the sinking of the U.S.S Maine in Havana harbor. The war was ended signing the Treaty
of Paris on December 10, 1898. Only 379 U.S. soldiers died in combat, the Spanish relinquished claims on Cuba. -
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"The Jungle" was published serially in 1905 and was published as a single volume book in 1906. "The description on how the meat was diseased rotten and contaminated shocked the public. Was lead to the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection are passed.
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Assured American people, the government was taking their steps to make sure their people were safe. It stopped the unsafe process off
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The NAACP was made in New York by white and black activists. It was in response to the violence against African Americans around the country. Led to the Springfield riot of 1908 due te race-based hatred.
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It was at Asch Building, Manhattan, New York City it killed 146 people and had 78 people with non-fatal injuries. This event brought attention to the public about the dangerous sweatshop, workshop conditions of factories. This event led to many regulations and laws to protect workers.
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The last time the Panama Canal was closed was in 1989 after the U.S. invaded Panama to topple strongman Manuel Noriega.
The Panama Canal took 10 years to make and more than 75,000
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When the U.S. entered WW1 it allied with Britain, France, and Russia to Fight. WW1 lasted 4 years it started on July 28, 1914, and ended November 11, 1918. More than 16 million people died and was one of the worse fights in history.
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The main cause of prohibition in the first place was the many religious organizations that believed that less alcohol consumption would lessen the amount of crime. The League and other organizations influenced prohibition. Some benefits of the prohibition drunkenness lessened assault, vagrancy, and disorderly conduct.
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It was known as women's suffrage but was ratified on August 18, 1920. It ended almost a century of protest for their right to vote.
Susan B. Anthony was the leader of the women's suffrage act.
The first state to ratify the 19th amendment was Wisconsin Kansas ratified the 19th amendment on June 16, 1919.
