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The ballroom decade is a common name for the 1910's.
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Women of the 1910's wore vibrant dresses and preferred fluffy hats and carried parasols.
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The boy scouts were founded for young men to train for the military. The Campfire girls were founded to enforce womens' rights.
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The President (William Howard Taft) threw the first pitch of a baseball game and started a tradition.
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Silent movies became popular by D.W. Griffith. some of his popular films were The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, Way Down East, and Orphans of the Storm.
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The first air conditioner was invented to cool houses in the west. This household appliance was invented by Willis Haviland Carrier.
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The first Indy 500 took place in 1911. This is a car race, and the first winner was Ray Harroun.
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The oreos were invented by the cookie company Nabisco. After the invention, they ventured out to create double stuf, halloween, and christmas editions. Today, they are the best selling cookie in America!
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Rudyard Kipling was the nobel prize winning author of The Jungle Book.
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The Titanic sinks at 1:20 a.m. there were 2,227 passengers on the ship. Out of those people, 1,513 died.
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Right before the war began, the fashion became looser without corsets. The skirts became shorter as women started to take over mens jobs and work in factories.
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The first showing of modern European art in America, held in the 69th regiment's amory in NYC.
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The French Government began the construction of the Panama Canal in 1881, but ended unsuccessfully. In 1904 the U.S. congress picked up the project.
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World War 1 began in August and killed 100,000 American soldiers. The U.S. got involved in 1917. Germany offered Mexico an alliance to help them regain Texas, New Meixo, and Arizona.
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The poison gas was first used by Germany during world War 1.
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Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight champion.
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Albert Einstein proposes a the general theory of relativity.
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In 1917 the U.S entered WW1 as an ally.
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When alcohol was announced illegal, people began to make their own concoctions. Gangs made bootlegging popular, or the smuggling of alcohol.
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Austria becomes a republic.
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The worldwide influenza epidemic killed 675,000 americans, and 50 million people worldwide.
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1 pound apples $0.11
$0.11 2 pounds roast $0.19
$0.38 3 pounds steak $0.20
$0.60 1 pound bread $0.05
$0.05 1 pound butter $0.39
$0.39 3 pounds chicken $0.19
$0.57 1 pound coffee $0.20
$0.20 1 dozen eggs $0.36
$0.36 2 half gallon milk $0.17
$0.34 bushel of potatoes $0.40
$0.40 1 pound rice $0.08
$0.08 1 pound sugar $0.05
$0.05 Total
$3.53
$12.08
