Progressive Era

21 AMENDMENT

• The 21st amendment was ratified on Dec. 5, 1933
• It was proposed on Feb. 20, 1933
• It was the on amendment to be ratified
• In 1933 38 states considered the amendment
• Franklin D. Roosevelt was President during the ratification

21 AMENDMENT

• The 18th article of amendment to the constitution of the U.S. is hereby repealed
• It was never illegal to drink
• The words "Locked Door" ment a secret code

JIM CROW LAWS

• Started: 1890
• Woodrow Wilson was President
• Laws followed the 1800-1866 Black Codes
• Signs were put up every where
• Blacks were separate but equal
• The laws in the South were based on race

JIM CROW LAWS

• It was difficult for blacks to vote
• "Jim Crow" came from an African American character in a song
• They enforced segregation
• The word segregation soon became Jim Crow Laws

WW1

• War was declared on April 6, 1917
• U.S. won on Nov. 11, 1918
• U.S. mobilized over 4 million troops
• U.S. suffered 110,000 deaths
• Cause: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

WW1

• One leader was General John J. Pershing
• Woodrow Wilson was the President during WW1
• By the end of WW1 9 million troops died
• Nickname- The Great War
• 25 million civilians died
• The allied powers lost 6 million troops during the War

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THEODORE

• He was born Oct. 27, 1858
• He had six children
• 26th President
• In office from Sept. 14, 1901 to Mar. 4, 1909
• Wife's: Alice Lee and Edith Carow

ROOSEVELT

• Specialties: Politician, author, historian, and explorer
• 33rd Governor of N.Y.
• 25th Vice President
• Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• His rank was Colonel

Toaster

• Electrically heated wire coils.
• It helped people by toasting their bread.
• Toast bread quickly.