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| When was the first flight recorded | 1903
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| Who flew the first airplane | Wright Brothers
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| when was The Jungle published | 1906
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| 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.
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| What were muckrakers | Journalists commited to exposing soical economic and political ills of industrial life
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| When was the first assembly line created | 1909
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| Who invented the assembly line | Henry Ford to make the Model T
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| When did WW I begin | 1914
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| What was the immediate cause of WW I | Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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| Why did US enter WW I | Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmerman Telegram and sinking of Lusitania (a british passenger ship)
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| When did US enter WW 1 | 1917
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| What was the Zimmerman Telegram | a secret message from Germany to Mexico suggesting an alliance against the US
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| What was US policy prior to WW 1 | Isolationishm - to refrain from having political or economic relations with other nations
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| When was the Armistice signed | 1918
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| What does Armistice mean | The term "armistice" means a cessation of hostilities as a prelude to peace negotiations.
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| When was the Treaty of Versailles signed | 1919
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| 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
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| When was the 18th ammendment ratified and what was it | 1919, National Prohibition
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| When was the 19th Amendment ratified and what was it | 1920, Women's Suffrage (vote)
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| What woman was behind the Women's Suffrage | Susan B. Anthony
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| What was the Temperance Movement | Against the sale of alcoholic beverages
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| 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
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| 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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