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Discover oil in Texas
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Mckinley assassinated
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First Rose bowl
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Cuba gains independence from the United States.
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The first cross-country automobile trip in the United States
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Wrigth Brother's First Flight
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San Francisco earthquake occurs, estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale.
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The first transcontinental airline flight
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first moving assembly line
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Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson conduct the first telephone conversation
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US enters WWI
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The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I.
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Roaring Twenties
Period of economic growth from 1920-1929. More people lived in cities than farms, became a consumer's society. The nation's wealth more than doubled in this time period. -
Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage
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All Indians are designated citizens by legislation
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Stock Market Crash