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Mechanization of Labor
The mechanization of the agriculture industry led to the development of equipment like the combine and the milking machine. -
National American Woman Suffrage Asoociation
This association helped give women the right to vote. -
Mechanization of Labor
The Surpreme Court held that a maximum hours law for New York bakery workers was unconstitutional under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment -
Niagara Movement
This was a group of blacks that met together and discussed their progression to become equal. -
First automobile
The first true autombile was made by Henry Ford. It gave a new way to make cars. It also took less time to make. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) aimed to help African Americans feel free and equal. -
Invention of the shopping bag
The shopping bag was invented by walter H. Deubner. He was lloking for a way to help with his business, and thought of something to carry all the customers goods in. -
Iinvention of the zipper
The zipper was invented by Gideon Sundback. He was looking for a way to prevent things from "flying" away. -
The first assembly line was used by Henry Ford
With an assembly line, cars were becoming easier and faster to make. It was etablished by Henry Ford. -
Robert E. Lee klan formed
The KKK burned crosses near homes of people the ywished to intimidate. -
Bolshevik Revolution of 1917
The Bolshevik Revolution, led by Vladimir Lenin occurred in October 1917 was one of the events of the Red Scare. -
Armistice Day
In the midst of the first Red Scare, members of the American Legion crowded in front of the Industrial Workers of the wrold headquarters. -
Invention of the band-aid
Earle Dickson invented the band-aid. He thought of the idea when he saw his wife always citting open her fingers while working in the kitchen -
Prohibition
Prohibition was enforced to ban alcohol. It was banned all over the world, and effected everyone. It ended in 1933. -
Palmer Raids
During the Palmer Raids, police arrested thousands of people. They were either radiclas or immigrants from southern or easteran Europe. -
19th Amendment
The amendemnt stated, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." -
National Origins Act
The National Origins Act was a law that severely restricted immigration by establishing a system of national quotas that discriminated against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and virtually excluded Asians. The policy stayed in effect until the 1960s. -
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) reached five million members
The KKK hid under long white robes and pointed hoods to omitate ghosts of Confederate soldiers. -
Quota System
The Quota Systme was issued with the National Origins Act. It helped govern immigration form specific countries -
McCarran-Walter Act
The McCarran-Walter Act were laws that estblished political beliefs as criteria for exclusion.
