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Early1900s
1920s –1930s
1940s - 1950s
1950s –1960s
1970s –2014
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These two brothers were first to fly in
1903
Who were the Wright Brothers?
This war began in 1914. America
joined the action in 1917. This war ended in 1918.
What was World War I?
In 1907 this man made cars easier to afford for the average American
with the Model T.
Who was Henry Ford?
This revolution which mass produced and modernized
America continued through the early 1900s. It filled the air
with pollution and overworked the factory worker, which
included school aged children.
What was the Industrial
Revolution?
They came from Europe and millions
continued to arrive in the early 1900s, going
back to the final 20 years of the 1800s
Who were immigrants?
Charlie Chaplin’s tramp was the most
famous character from this quiet form of entertainment. It
became very popular in the
1920s
What weresilent movies?
This was the nickname of the 1920s.
What were theRoaring 20s?
When it crashed in 1929, it put
America into the Great Depression
What is the Stock Market(Wall Street)?
Important American President who led
the country through the Great Depression
Who wasFranklin Roosevelt?
It began with the collapse or crash of the Stock Market in
1929.
What was the Great Depression?
During World War II women working in the factories at home were
known as this
Who Was Rosie the Riveter?
True/FalseHiroshima and
Nagasaki were the cities devastated by
atom bomb in 1945, to end World War II.
What is true?
unfortunately
In 1947, he played baseball for the
Brooklyn Dodgers to break baseball’s color
barrier
Who wasJackie Robinson?
It began in the late ‘40s and was the name of a
non-physical war between Russia and
America, or the communists against the
free world.
What was the Cold War
This audio-video technology changed the
American family beginning in the late 40s
– early 50s.
Answer 3 – 50
What was television?
The name given to arrival of the suburbs in the
early 1950s.
What was
Levittown?
True/FalseThe Mercury 7 was the name of America’s first
astronauts as America and Russia began the space race
in the late 50s/early 60s
What isTrue?
This movement began a little at a time, but gained momentum in
the early 1950s.
What wasthe
Civil Rights Movement?
True/False:The Vietnam War tore apart America in the
1960s
What is true? Disagreement over the police conflict in Southeast Asia (Vietnam) caused a great unrest in the cities and college campuses
throughout America
President Kennedy began it
and President Johnson signed it
into law
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
American President who resigned from office in 1974, only 10 months after Spiro Agnew, his vice-president did the
same.
Who was Richard Nixon?
It was built in the early 1960s; came down in 1989. It
was the symbol of the Cold War.
What was the Berlin Wall?
True/false:The early 1980s saw the
personal computer (PCs) enter the family
home
What is true? Macs, IBM, Apple and Tandy were just a few to lead
the way
Communication nickname given to
the 20th Century
Radio computer Television Camera
Video Camera Phones DVD
CD Magazines newspaper books
audio equipment posters clothing
What was the Information Age?
Along with the election of Barack Obama, this is the most important event of
the new millennium
What was 9/11?
Ground Zero as it appears
today
