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When was the first flight recorded   1903  
Who flew the first airplane   Wright Brothers  
when was The Jungle published   1906  
What was "The Jungle" about   a report on the dirty conditions in the Chicago meatpacking Industry. It led to the Pure Food & Drug Act in 1906.  
What were muckrakers   Journalists commited to exposing soical economic and political ills of industrial life  
When was the first assembly line created   1909  
Who invented the assembly line   Henry Ford to make the Model T  
When did WW I begin   1914  
What was the immediate cause of WW I   Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand  
Why did US enter WW I   Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmerman Telegram and sinking of Lusitania (a british passenger ship)  
When did US enter WW 1   1917  
What was the Zimmerman Telegram   a secret message from Germany to Mexico suggesting an alliance against the US  
What was US policy prior to WW 1   Isolationishm - to refrain from having political or economic relations with other nations  
When was the Armistice signed   1918  
What does Armistice mean   The term "armistice" means a cessation of hostilities as a prelude to peace negotiations.  
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed   1919  
What was the League of Nations   a way for the leaders of countries from all over the world to talk over their differences without the use of force  
When was the 18th ammendment ratified and what was it   1919, National Prohibition  
When was the 19th Amendment ratified and what was it   1920, Women's Suffrage (vote)  
What woman was behind the Women's Suffrage   Susan B. Anthony  
What was the Temperance Movement   Against the sale of alcoholic beverages  
Who were the Central Powers during WW I (also known as the Triple Alliance)   A military alliance between Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy - later replaced by the Ottoman Empire  
Who were the Allied powers during WW I (initially the Triple Entente)   Initially France, Great Britain and Russia later more than 20 nations including Russia, France and Britian  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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