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| Robert Frost |
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| (1874 - 1963) |
Timeline: History taking place from 1870's- 1960's
1870's
- Jesse James became very popular with his rubbings
- Inventions: Telephone, light bulb, phonograph
1880's
- Panama Canal Construction began
- Mark Twain's work became very popular
- First edition for the Oxford Dictionary
- 300,000 people emigrated to the United States from Sweden
- Inventions: Gasoline powered automobiles, and sky scrapers
1890's
- People became interested in going to movies
- Albert Einstein began his work as a scientist
- Ragtime Music
- Invented: X-rays, Motion pictures
1900's
- Mass production of automobiles
- Wright brothers invented the first airplane
1910's
- Jazz Music
- Crossword puzzles became a great past time
- Movies: Oliver Twist and any type of gangster movies
- Inventions: Pop-up toasters and stainless steel
1920's
- Warner Brothers
- Women's suffrage
- Flappers (women whom dressed risky)
1930's
- Great depression set in
- Empire State Building was built
- Great Economic Boom
- Adolph Hitler began terrorizing the Jews
- Invented: Radar, Color- Sound Cartoons
1940's
- World War II took place
- Invented: Nuclear weapons
1950's
- Education grew amongst young children
- Racial Tension set in between blacks and whites
- Sputnik was Launched
1960's
- American Civil Rights movement
- Feminist and Gay rights
- Music Beatles and Rolling Stones
- Kennedy Assassination
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