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1900 - 1950 Review with students the layout and purpose of a timeline. Be sure students understand how the flow of time is shown in this visual format. The dates shown in the answer key below are for your reference, and students do not need to list them on their timeline or the timeline guide. Timeline event guide, page 162 To help study the timeline, students should complete the "fill in the blanks" event guide using the word bank at the bottom of the page. It's a good small group project, with students sharing what they already know, and then using a textbook, online encyclopedia, or other resources to help them pick the correct answers. 1. First airplane flies - 1903 ...Wilbur and Orville Wright. 2. Panama Canal work begins - 1904 It was Theodore Roosevelt's... 3. Pure Food and Drugs Act - 1906 ...for the Progressive movement. 4. Model T Ford introduced - 1908 ...higher wages for workers. 5. World War I begins - 1914 (Aug.) ...deadly poison gas. 6. U.S. enters WW I - 1917 (April) ...for about three years. 7. WW I ends - 1918 (Nov.) ...signed an armistice agreement. 8. Prohibition begins - 1920 (Jan.) ...abuse of alcohol, and... 9. Women get voting rights - 1920 (Aug.) ...to the Constitution. 10. Stock market crash - 1929 (Oct.) ...called "Black Tuesday." 11. FDR elected - 1932 ...he called a "New Deal." 12. New Deal programs begin - 1933 ...creating new jobs. 13. Social Security Act - 1935 ...Americans' retirement money. 14. World War Two begins - 1939 (Sept.) ...attack on Poland started... 15. Hitler takes France - 1940 (May/June) ...warfare, called blitzkrieg. 16. Pearl Harbor attacked - 1941 (Dec.) ...that will live in infamy." 17. Germany surrenders - 1945 (May) ...was called "VE Day," for... 18. Japan surrenders - 1945 (Aug.) ...two atomic bombs... 19. NATO formed - 1949 (May) ...now worried about Russia. |
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