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1900s-2000s wars, depression, and development

1900s-2000s wars, depression, and development. 1900-1909: Economic revolution. 1901- J.P. Morgan's US Steel Corp. is first billion dollar industry President McKinley is assassinated 1902- President Roosevelt helps settle a coal miner strike

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1900s-2000s wars, depression, and development

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  1. 1900s-2000s wars, depression, and development

  2. 1900-1909: Economic revolution 1901- J.P. Morgan's US Steel Corp. is first billion dollar industry President McKinley is assassinated 1902- President Roosevelt helps settle a coal miner strike 1903- Wright brothers fly first plane at Kitty Hawk, NC 1904- U.S. granted the Panama Canal Zone 1905- Roosevelt negotiates end to Russo-Japanese War （Treaty of Portsmouth) 1906- The great San Francisco Earthquake 1908- Ford Company introduces the Model-T; cost-$850

  3. 1910-1919: World War I 1911- Sherman Antitrust Act used to break up oil company monopoly 1912- The Titanic sinks killing over 1,500 people 1914- World War I starts in Europe 1915- Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine 1917- US enters World War I 1918- Wilson’s Fourteen Points as plan for peace 1919- The Treaty of Versailles ends the War; 19th amendment ratified (women’s vote)

  4. 1920-1929: The roaring 20s 1920- The 18th Amendment, Prohibition takes effect 1923- President Harding dies during the Teapot Dome oil scandal 1925- The Scopes Monkey Trial says that only Biblical creation may be taught in school 1927- Charles Lindbergh flys solo over the Atlantic; Babe Ruth hits 60th Home Run 1929- stock market collapses; Great Depression

  5. 1930-1939: Depression years 1930- the "Dust Bowl" begins in the Midwest “Hoovervilles” 1931- Al Capone is sentenced to prison 1932- Charles Lindbergh's baby kidnapped and killed 1933- President F.D. Roosevelt elected "New Deal“ 1934- Bonnie and Clyde are killed 1937- Steel strike in Chicago (Memorial Day massacre) 1939- Hollywood film "Gone with the Wind", WWII begins in Europe

  6. 1940-1949: War again, and recovery 1941- Pearl Harbor attack US enters WWII 1942- Fermi splits atom, "Manhattan Project" begins 1945- Atomic bomb test in New Mexico, Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings, V-E day, V-J day 1946- Paris peace conference Dr. Benjamin Spock "Baby and Child Care" 1948- Marshall Plan helps Europe 1949- NATO treaty

  7. 1950-1959: The cold warandCivil rights 1950- McCarthy era begins; Korean War 1951- Color TV introduced; first h-bomb exploded 1952- "The pill" produced 1953- Lung cancer reported linked to smoking 1954- Race segregation in schools declared unconstitutional (Brown vs. Board) 1955- Blacks in Montgomery, Alabama boycott bus lines (Rosa Parks ), Disneyland opened 1957- USSR launches Sputnik (first earth satellite) 1958- US launches Satellite Explorer I

  8. 1960-1969: Kennedy and Vietnam 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis 1963- President John F. Kennedy assassinated, Nuclear test ban treaty, coup in South Vietnam 1965- Malcolm X assassinated 1966- Protest against Vietnam 1968- Worldwide student protest Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy assassinated 1969- First man on moon, Anti-war demonstrations, US troop withdrawal

  9. 1970-1979: Peace and Civil Rightsagain • 1970- Four students killed at Kent State protests1972- Nixon first visits China • 1974- Watergate scandal, Nixon impeached 1975- Vietnam War ends, Apollo/Soyuz link in space1976- Bicentennial celebrations1977- President Carter pardons draft evaders1978- Egypt/Israel summit at Camp David1979- US Embassy staff taken hostage in Iran

  10. 1980-1989 The “Me” generation • 1980 Iraq invades Iran • 1981 -AIDS identified, IBM personal computer invented • 1982- US back Contra rebels in Nicaragua, invade Grenada1986-Challenger exploded in space • 1987- Gorbachev introduces "perestroika" and "glasnost“ ending cold war

  11. 1990-1999 : The Electronic Age • 1991- Iraq invades Kuwait/Gulf War • 1992- Rodney King riots in L.A., WWW born • 1993- World Trade Center bombed; Waco, Texas cult fire • 1994- Earthquake in L.A. • 1995- Federal building bombed by McVeigh in Oklahoma • 1998- US Embassies bombed in Kenya,Tanzania • 1998- President Clinton impeached but found not guilty

  12. And into the 21st century! • 2001- Twin towers attacked by terrorists (9/11) • 2001- War in Afghanistan • 2003- War in Iraq • 2005 Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans • 2008 Barack Obama win election • 2009 Michael Jackson dies • What will the future bring?.... • That’s all, folks! Now explore for yourself…

  13. THINGS TO DO • Research your storywith • www.google.com.jp • www.altavista.com • www.youtube.com ヒント：日本語サイトで英語で検索してみよう! • Watch some movies! • Use your imagination! Good luck with your stories!! See you next week

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