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Children's Novel, nominated for 6 academy awards including best picture. Earned only 3,017,000 on a 2,000,000 budget which failed to recoup studios interest
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Edwin Moore
This has made it easy to store papers, ideas, and other important information for it to be easy to remember and work on things. -
Wins 2nd term as president
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Hubert Cecil Booth
Thanks to this invention, our floors willl never be dirty again. This kickstarted the technology of the vacuum to the booming business that it is today. -
Frank Norris publishes "The Octopus: A Story of California. A story about the conflict between California wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad
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First discovered by Waldemar Jungner in 1899, the nick-iron battery was developed by Thomas Edison in 1901. Edision developed the battery for it to be used as an energy source for electric vehicles. Edison states that the nickel-iron design was "far superior to batteries using lead plates and acid."
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The first major oil discovery in Texas occurs near Spindletop in Beaumont.
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The Platt amendment is passed by the United States Congress, which limited the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for American troop withdrawal. Cuba would become a U.S. protectorate on June 12.
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The President of the United States, William Mckinley, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of music on the grounds of the pan American Exposition In Buffalo , New York. After his death, Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States
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Sworn in as the 26th President of the United States after the assassination of McKinley
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One of the largest industrial strikes with President Roosevelt as a mediator
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President Roosevelt takes J.P. Morgan to court for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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The hearing aid is a body-worn device that is worn in or behind the ear to amplify sounds for the person wearing it. The first electric hearing aid was invented by Miller Reese Hutchison in 1902.
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Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner.
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The lie detector or polygraph machine is invented by James Mackenzie
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The island of Cuba gains independence from the United States
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Ford Motor company starts
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Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons
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Established to reduce tensions between management and labor.
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One of the greatest narrative films in history, directed by Edwin S. Porter - Former Thomas Edison cameraman. The movie is an action thriller - 10 minutes long ,14 scenes. plot scenes inspired by a true event that occurred August 29th, 1900. 4 Members of " Hole in the wall Gang" Robbed #3 Train for 5,000 dollars cash.
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The Wright brothers, Orville and Willbur, from Dayton, Ohio made the first successful airplane flights on this date in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The airplane was an aircraft that was lifted by air pressure guided by the upper and lower wings. The brothers improved on this design, and in under two years, their device was able to circle the air 30 times in 39 minutes, totalling a distance of 24.5 m
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Established to abolish all child labor
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Progressive activist who was elected to the U.S. Senate
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26th Vice President of the United States
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San Francisco earthquake of 1906, major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 that occurred on April 18, 1906, at 5:12 am off the northern California coast.
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Acts passed to protect the public's health and welfare
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Act that challenged the economic power of the railroad industry
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General Motors starts
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27th President of the United States
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The suppressor was a silencer attached to the barrel of a gun to reduce the amount of noise and flash produced. It was typically a metal tube with internal mechanisms that served the purpose of muffling the sound. The silencer was invented by Hiram Percy Maxim in 1909.
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Nations Oldest an Longest most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization. More than half a million members they pushed for equqlity and voter mobilization.
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Boy Scouts founded
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At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and crew, had struck an iceberg two and half hours before.
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The Federal Reserve Act established the Federal Reserve System
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The 1913 Underwood Tariff reduced the average tariff on imported goods
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28th President of the United States
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The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing the Federal government treasury to impose an income tax. The 17th Amendment would be passed on April 8, which set the policy for direct election of U.S. Senators.
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Established by the Federal Trade Commission to regulate fair competition among Big business and industry
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The Clayton Antitrust Act revises the 1890 Sherman Antitrust act and bans monopolistic and unfair business practices and affirms the right to go on strike
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World War I, also called First World War or Great War, an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. The war pitted the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States.
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The American-built waterway across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is inaugurated with the passage of the U.S. vessel Ancon, a cargo and passenger ship
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Gideon Sundback received patent for the zipper
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Lusitania, British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I.
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Virgin Islands purchased
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Limits how many hours children are allowed to work
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Establishes an 8 hour workday for the railroad
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Created 12 Federal Land Banks to provide small farmers with long term loans at low interest rates
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The tow truck is a vehicle used to transport other vehicles to a location, typically being a repair garage. The tow truck was invented by Ernest Holmes Sr. from Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1916. He was inspired to invent this after having to pull a car out of a creek by used "blocks, ropes, and six men
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Financial aid to farmers is awarded by the passage of the Rural Credits Act. These payments would be further strengthened with the passage of a second bill, the Warehouse Act, on August 11.
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The National Park Service is officially created when President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation from Congress with the mission to protect and preserve the natural lands, historic sites, and wildlife of the system for future generations.
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Woodrow Wilson won a second term as President with his election in the Electoral College, 277 to 254 over Republican candidate Charles E. Hughes.
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The United States government cuts diplomatic ties with Germany. The Zimmermann Telegram is given to the United States by Britain on February 24, showing the offer by Germany to give Mexico back the southwest United States if they would declare war on the United States.
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USA joined Allies Britain, France, and Russia to fight in WW1. Under John J Pershing 2,000,000 fought on the battle fields of France Over the assassination of Franz Ferdinand Archduke of Austria. Many Americans opposed the war they would rather choose to be neutral
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Time zones are officially established by an act of the United States Congress with daylight savings time to go into effect on March 31
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The pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite. Made home life easier for the everyday person
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The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I.
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Amendment to give women the right to vote. Promoting equal voting rights to women, no state shall not deny the right to vote on account of sex. The amendment was introduce inv1887, it only took 40 years in which women's rights became militant. Conducting campaigns & Congressional passage, reinforced by women in Industry in WW1 resulted in the adoption of the 19th Amendment
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People turned against alcohol, lots of Americans saw alcohol as evil others apart of everyday life. Prohibition prohibited the manuafacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors. They also passed a Volstead Act during Prohibition that only allowed 1 proof of alcohol in any beverage
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Sworn in as the 29th President of the United States
