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In 1900 the US
population was 76 million. From 1900 to 1910:
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Congress enacted the gold standard
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First annual World Series
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San Francisco earthquake
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Wright Brothers invent the airplane
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Ford introduced the model T car
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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Oklahoma becomes 47th state
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Heddon founded
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Creek Chub founded
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Jamison founded
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Moonlight founded
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Pflueger existed
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Shakespeare existed
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Ans B. Decker starts
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K & K Manufacturing
In 1910 the US
population was 92 million. From 1910 to 1920:
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Jim Thorpe wins decathlon
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Federal Trade Commission started
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First Transatlantic radiotelephone
communication
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Congress adopts the Fourteenth Amendment:
Prohibition
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Great Influenza Epidemic
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Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil
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Income Tax began
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Pancho Villa raids New Mexico
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Lusitania Sunk
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Diplomatic relations cut with Germany: World
War I
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South Bend created
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Wilson (Hastings) founded
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Fred C. Keeling founded
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Detroit Glass Minnow tube
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The Captor by J.B. Fischer
In 1920 the US
population was 110 million. From 1920 to 1930:
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Jack Dempsy becomes heavyweight champ
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Women's suffrage passed
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First commercial radio broadcast
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Cecil B. DeMille's: "The Ten
Commandments"
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Walt Disney: Mickey Mouse cartoon
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Lindbergh flies the Atlantic solo
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Warren Harding is President
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Congress creates Air Corps
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Hoover is President
In 1930 the US
population was 123 million. From 1930 to 1940
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Geo. Washington bridge is completed in NY.
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Great Depression reaches low point
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Franklin Roosevelt is president
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Social Security begins
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Shirley Temple sings "good ship lolly
pop"
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Amelia Earhart disappears
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Pan Am begins trans-Atlantic service
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Selective Service begins
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In 1940 the US population was
only 132
million
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