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The WPA: Antidote to the Great Depression?
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933, estimates of the number of jobless workers in the United...
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The Great Depression, the New Deal, and World War II in the American West
The Great Depression and World War II, far and away the worst economic calamity and the...
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Motor City: The Story of Detroit
“You can see here, as it is impossible to do in a more varied and complex city, the whole structure of an industrial society.” So wrote...
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Wright brothers’ first flight
The Wright brothers made their first flight, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Hepburn Act
Congress passed the Hepburn Act, which gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to determine maximum railroad rates and regulate other transportation.
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Federal Highway Act
Congress passed the Federal Highway Act, allocating $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of interstate highways. Interstate construction was enacted not only because of Americans’ growing dependence on automobiles but also as a national defense measure, creating a nationwide transportation network for the US military.
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Panama Canal treaties
President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977. The treaties provided for an end to US control over the canal by the year 2000, with the US reserving the authority to defend the canal as an internationally used waterway.