America's Time Line Review 1492 - 1899

Early1900s

1920s –1930s

1940s - 1950s

1950s –1960s

1970s –2014

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50 50 50 50 50

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