Decades of the 20th Century:

Decades of the 20th Century: 1910-1919

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Toni Gowen and Nicole Buncal

Culture

Advancements and Developments

Economics and Politics

Personalities and Social Trends

The 1910s were a time of poverty and a time of war

• Men and boys sent off to fight in the war leaving behind women and children that had to fend for themselves
• Women are sent into factory jobs for work

• First airplane crosses the United States continent (New York to California)
• Automotive Transmission patent created by Henry Ford
• Inventions: Cellophane, Brassiere, Pyrex Glass, Moving Assembly Line, escalators, tea bags, instant coffee, disposable razor blades
• First phone conversation occurs
• First Airplane crosses the Atlantic Ocean

• Acts passed: Sherman Antitrust Act, Rural Credits Act, Warehouse Act, Selective Services Act
• Law passes for 435 United States Representatives
• US Marines deployed to Nicaragua
• Election of Woodrow Wilson
• 16th, 17th and 18th Amendments to the Constitution are passed
• US joins World War One
• Federal Reserve System created
• National parks established: Glacier, Rocky Mountain, Lafayette
• First women joins the US Congress
• Wages increased at Ford
• World War 1 ends
• US Coast Guard formed

Women's Fashion Trends: large hats, fur muffs, deep v necklines, high waists, dresses with full skirts

Men's Fashion Trends: shirts with winged collars, wide lapels, trousers, wide ties, vests

Music: Ragtime was very popular, many war-inspired songs appeared around this time

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• March 12th: Creation of Girl Scouts of America, originally titled The American Girl Guides

Key Events

• January 5th: Increases in workers pay at Ford Motor Company

• February 8th: Founding of Boy Scouts of America
• April 15th: Census at population count of 92,228,496

• April 15th: Sinking of the RMS Titanic
• April 20th: Unveiling of Boston's Fenway Park

• March 19th: Creation of the time zones and daylight savings
• May 15th: US Post Office starts service by air travel
• July: Number of US troops fighting in WW1 reaches one million
• August: Spanish Flu kills thousands
• November 11th: Creation of the alliance between Austria and Hungary
• December 4th: President Wilson attends Paris Peace Conference

• March 8th and 9th: Attack on Columbus, NM
• July 17th: Creation of Rural Credits Act
• August 4th: US aquires the Virgin Islands, orinally owned by Denmark
• August 11th Creation of Warehouse Act
• August 25th: Creation of the National Park Service
• November 7th: Reelection of President Wilson

• May 11th: Glacier National Park is created which led to the beginning of tourists coming to America

• April 20th: Ludlow Massacre
• July 11th: Babe Ruth enters his Major League Baseball career
• August 4th: (European rivalry is occurring) Decision made by President Wilson declaring the US impartial
• November 3rd: Invention of the Brassiere (bra) is patented by Mary Phelps

• June 6th: Volcanic eruption of Alaska's Mount Katmai
• August 14th: US Marines deployed to Nicaragua
• November 5th: Election of Woodrow Wilson, since 1892, the first candidate of the Democratic party

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• May 15th: Sherman Antitrust Act against standard oil

• January 25th: First conversation on a telephone
• January 26th: Rocky Mountain National Park approved by President Wilson

• February 3rd: Ending of alliance between US and Germany
• April 6th: US joins World War 1, beginning war on Germany
• May 18th: Selective Services Act created
• June 26th: US troops reach Europe to fight in WW1
• December 18th: Attempt at passing the 18th Amendment

• January 16th: Passage of the 18th Amendement
• February 26th: Lafayette National Park created
• May 8th: First airplane flight across the Atlantic ocean: US Navy seaplane
• June 28th: End of World War 1 with the Treaty of Versailles
• October 9th: Black Sox Scandel, large MLB disgrace

• May 30th: First Indianapolis 500 (car race)

• February 1st: Opening of Grand Central Station
• February 3rd: Approval of the 16th Amendment of the US Constitution (income tax)
• April 8th: Approval of the 17th Amendment of the US Constitution (US Senator's election)
• July 3rd: Gathering for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
• October 10th: President Wilson Blows up the Gamboa Dike (end of Panama Canal construction)
• December 1st: Ford Motor Company creates the first moving assembly line
• December 23rd: Creation of the Federal Reserve System

• January 28th: Formation of the US Coast Guard
• February 20th: Launch of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (San Francisco, CA)
• June 15th: Appointment of Dwight D. Eisenhower as 2nd Lieutenant of the US army
• May 7th: Sinking of the Lusitania

• September 17th: First airplane crosses the United States continent (New York to California)
• October 10th: Automotive Transmission patent created by Henry Ford

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