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The 20 th Century: The people’s century. 1900-1909. 1900: The first mass-market camera, the “Brownie” is introduced by Kodak. Sold for $1 in USA - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The 20th Century: The people’s century.

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1900-1909 1900: The first mass-market camera, the “Brownie” is introduced by

Kodak. Sold for $1 in USA 1901: The Australian Federation. The colonies unite and Australia

becomes a nation. The White Australia Policy is introduced in attempt to formulate the new Australian identity closely aligned with the British.

1902: The Flatiron Building in America is built; American architecture moves to new levels with the invention of the elevator and metal skeletal frames that can bear weight, making skyscrapers a possibility.

1903: The very first Tour de France takes place. 1904: Harvey Hubbell invents the electrical plug and socket. 1905: Japan wins a war against Russia. This is the first time an Asian

country has defeated any European country. This marks the rise of Japan. 1906: San Francisco is flattened by a giant earthquake and fire.

**As electricity use becomes more widespread, the revolution of transportation begins; The electric streetcar (or what we now recognize as a tram) becomes widespread in the US.

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1900-1909

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1910-1919 1910: The NAACP is founded to protect the rights of African

Americans. 1910: Japan invades Korea. 1912: The Titanic sinks in the Atlantic and the Oreo cookie is first

introduced. 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated and so World War

I breaks out in the Balkans, pitting Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Serbia and Japan against Austria, Germany and Turkey.

1915: William Simmons founds The Ku Klux Klan and Germans use poison gas as a weapon in the war and the battle at Gallipoli begins.

1916: William Boeing founds a company to manufacture airplanes. 1917: Jazz music is first recorded and introduced in the Western

world and Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks seize power in Russia. 1918: The Spanish flu pandemic sweeps the world. 1919: The Treaty of Versailles ends WWI.

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1910-1919

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1920-1929 1920: Women are granted the right to vote in the USA and

Prohibition begins. 1921: Mamie Smith records the first Blues record. 1922: King Tutankhamun’s tomb is discovered. 1923: “Talking Movies” are invented. Sound AND picture

becomes possible with the first film, The Jazz Singer. 1925: Flapper dresses become fashionable and Hitler

publishes Mein Kampf. 1926: A.A. Milne publishes Winnie The Pooh. 1928: Bubble gum and sliced bread is invented, penicillin is

discovered and the first Mickey Mouse cartoon is written. 1929: St. Valentine’s Day massacre happens, the first

Academy Awards takes place and the stock market crashes, kick-starting The Great Depression.

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1920-1929

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1930-1939 1930: Pluto is discovered and Stalin begins to collectivize

agriculture in the USSR. 1931: The Scottsboro Trials begin, the Empire State Building

is completed, likewise the Christ monument in Rio de Janeiro. 1932: Scientists split the atom. 1933: Zippo lighters are introduced. 1934: Adolph Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany, the first

concentration camp is established, the Loch Ness monster is first spotted and Prohibition ends in the USA.

1935: Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in the US, Germany passes the Anti-Jewish Nuremburg laws.

1937: Japan invades China. 1939: The Night of Broken Glass initiates the Holocaust and

WWII begins.

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1930-1939

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1940-1949 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and The

Manhattan Project begins. 1942: The t-shirt is introduced. 1945: The first computer is built, Germany

surrenders, Hitler commits suicide, the United Nations is established and America drops the A-bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

1946: Bikinis are invented, Cold War begins. 1947: Polaroid cameras are invented. 1949: China becomes a Communist state, NATO

is established and the Soviets produce their own A-Bomb.

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1940-1949

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1950-1959 1950: The first Credit Card is introduced in the US, McCarthy

begins his Communist Witch Hunt in America and the Korean War begins.

1951: Colour TV is introduced. 1953: The first Playboy magazine is introduced, likewise

DNA is discovered. 1954: Racial segregation is outlawed completely in America. 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white

person on a bus, McDonald’s corporation founded, Disneyland opens.

1956: Hungarian Revolution occurs and Communism in Hungary falls and TV remote control invented.

1958: NASA is founded. 1959: Fidel Castro becomes dictator of Cuba.

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1950-1959

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1960-1969 1961: The Berlin wall is built. 1962: Cuban missile crisis and Marilyn Monroe is found dead. 1963: Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique, JFK is

assassinated and Martin Luther King Jr makes the “I Have A Dream” speech.

1964: The Beatles become popular in the US, Muhammad Ali becomes a World Heavyweight Champion and Civil Rights Acts passed in the US.

1965: The US sends troops to Vietnam. 1966: Mass draft protests in the USA, student protests sweep

across the world. 1967: Che Guevarra dies, first ever heart transplant takes

place. 1969: Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon ,Charles Manson is

arrested and the rock ‘n’ roll concert at Woodstock takes place.

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1960-1969

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1970-1979 1970: The Beatles band dismantles, floppy

discs are introduced. 1973: Abortion is legalized in the US and

the US pulls out of Vietnam. 1975: Microsoft is founded and Arthur Ashe

is the first black man to win Wimbeldon. 1977: Elvis is found dead and Star Wars is

released. 1978: First test-tube baby is born. 1979: Sony introduces the Walkman.

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1980-1989 1980: John Lennon is assassinated; Pac-Man video

game is released. 1981: A new plague is identified as AIDS and PCs

(Personal Computers) are introduced by IBM. 1982: Michael Jackson does the moonwalk for the

first time in front of an audience, E.T. Is released. 1983: Ronald Reagan announces the Star Wars

defense plan. 1985: Hole in the Ozone layer is discovered. 1986: Chernobyl Nuclear accident occurs. 1987: DNA is first used to convict criminals. 1989: Communism falls across Eastern Europe.

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1980-1989

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1990-1999 1991: The Soviet Union collapses. 1993: The use of the Internet grows

exponentially. 1994: O.J. Simpson is arrested for double

murder and the Rwandan Genocide occurs. 1997: Princess Diana is killed in an accident

and scientists clone a sheep successfully. 1998: Titanic becomes the most successful

movie ever and Viagra is released onto the market.

1999: Fear of the Y2K Bug sweeps the world.

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1990-1999


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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment c. Late 16 th century – 18 th century

Polynesia 19 th Century and 21 st Century

Furniture Design Influences: 18 th Century Europe Early 19 th Century Europe Early 19 th Century North America Mid 19 th Century Anglo-American Late 19

19 th Century Railroads

20 Th Century

Geography of Its History Chinese 2 nd century Bagdad (8 th ?) Spain & Sicily (10 th – 12 th century) France & Germany (15 th century, printing revolution)

20 th Century vs. 21 st Century Education

20 th Century

Renaissance Art in Rome Renaissance 1420-16 th century Baroque 17 th century Neoclassicism 18 th century Early Renaissance 1420-1500c High Renaissance

18 th Century

The Role of Cinema in People’s Life. The 20 th century may be called the century of film making. Cinema and TV films have become an important part of our

Gothic Art History 12 th century – 15 th century Architecture

Mies Van Der Rohe Modernism Late 19 th Century/Early 20 th Century

Twelfth-Century Knights. 13 th -Century Knight (Crusader

14 th century

Baroque Late 16 th Century to Early 18 th Century

Chapter 13: The Renaissance & Reformation 14 th century -17 th century

ERDELY 19.TH CENTURY

PAINTERS 19. th. century

Epidemic Diseases of the 19 th Century. The Demographic Context 19 th century experienced explosion of endemic & epidemic diseases19 th century experienced

15 TH CENTURY FARMING 18 TH CENTURY FARMING THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION

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The Age of Discovery Early 15 th Century to 17 th Century

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The belgian congo THE BELGIAN CONGO The Late 19 th Century The Early 20 th Century The Late 19 th Century The Early 20 th Century

Topic 13 Modern Christianity I.17 th century II.18 th century III.19 th century IV.20 th century

18 th & 19 th Century Artistic Innovations

HUNGARY 19.TH CENTURY

20 Th Century Band

16 th , 17 th , 18 th Century Social History

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Land uses in Australia, late 18 th century – mid 19 th century

19 th Century Victorian Furniture 1830-1901 19 th Century 1J. Byrne 2015