1900-1920
Published on Nov 19, 2015
!900-1920 era with 10 important events and 5 important people
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Technological: the Model T is the 1st car made in 1908. Because of this, traveling became easier and cheaper.
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Cultural: 18th amendment bans the sale and use of alcohol. This amendment is created for a better America. - 1919
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Political: 19th amendment gives women the right to vote. Women could hold office for the 1st time. -1920
Economic: San Francisco Earthquake in 1906 took 700 lives, caused $4,000,000 in damage, and left 300,000 people homeless.
Strength of Earthquake
WWI begins in 1914 and we join in 1917. The US army has a total of 320,710 casualties.
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Percentage of Total Deaths in WW1
Nickelodeons are created and within 3 years over 10k are made help American economy and take away people's stress from the war.
1919:Red Scare was the fear of communism rising in America. Innocent people were jailed for expressing their views, civil liberties were ignored, & many citizens feared that Russian revolution could be fate.
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1903:Wright brothers leave Earth's ground in the first manned flight. Their innovations would be the starting point of today's creative thinking.
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1st radio stations are used in US. It made communication easier and news came faster than ever.
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Mother's Day is celebrated for the 1st time. This brought families closer together and appreciates what moms do for us.
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Important People
use should know!
Andrew Carnegie was the man who perfected steel. Without him, we wouldn't be able to have tall buildings, railroads or other things that require steel.
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Albert Einstein is famous for relativity & gravity theories. He helped contribute to the atomic bomb.
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Upton Sinclair wrote the eye-opening book, The Jungle, to show how bad working conditions were and what went on behind the scenes in places like meat-packing industries. We now have things like the FDA who makes sure food is safe.
Teddy Roosevelt did many things for the US and the world. Some of these things include: the Panama Canal, created the postal stamp, created the FDA, and was the 1st American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Photo by Bill Sargent
