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The car was invented to make forms of travel easier. Having transportation gave freedom and independence to people.
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The frisbee was invented from pie tins.The empty pie tins could be tossed and caught, providing endless hours of game and sport.
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Telephone was very important because then you could get in touch with your family and friends. Instead of going into the nearest town to order items you needed or sending a letter, it would be easier to call and place an order.
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The radio opened a whole new way for the world to communicate. Before radio, people heard news from one another or by reading newspapers.
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It is significant because it resulted in the country's largest population shift in history. -
the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport and sale alcohol illegal.
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This prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex
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Television was the next logical step beyond radio. People used to sit around and listen to radio sitcoms like we watch TV shows. The next logical step beyond being able to only hear them was being able to see them.
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When the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 11% at the open in very heavy volume, precipitating the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s.
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The most catastrophic stock market crash in the history of the United States.
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the need to tame the Colorado river was of high importance to prevent future disasters.
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Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
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The Economy Act of 1933 is an Act of Congress that cut the salaries of federal workers and reduced benefit payments to veterans, moves intended to reduce the federal deficit in the United States.[
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Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol.
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Was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans.
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The internet made information available in a quick and easy manner, publicly accessible and in easy reach.
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The computer was a more reliable way to deal with data and numbers.