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Jim Crow Laws:
 * These were laws passed from 1865-1985 that made unfair laws towards African Americans
 * Mandated racial segregation
 * Democrats supported this while republicans supported racial equality
 * These were all overruled 1964
 * This was mostly in the south, but was also in the north.

Panama Canal acquired:
 * President Roosevelt was the first president
 * Mosquitoes and malaria was a huge problem during the construction
 * The way the canal was put into construction was very controversial, Roosevelt help a revolution and bought the strip of land.
 * The British had joint ownership of the canal
 * The land for the canal for a 10 mile strip of land.

Henry Ford
 * Henry Ford introduced the model T to the public
 * The model T was the first car designed to be sold to the everyday man.
 * His belief was that everyone should own a car.
 * He also introduced the assembly line. This made his products cheaper and other peoples products cheaper.
 * The assembly line was an important invention to the modern industry because it made a huge complicated process of building an object such as a car, and just made many small simple jobs

Woodrow Wilson
 * This was the president during of WW1
 * He was the first democrat in 24 years
 * Woodrow Wilson introduced the 14 points in WW2
 * Supported federal reserve act and helped pass it
 * He also was against monopolies and passed the antitrust acts.