Decades in History

By dukbuter89

  • The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

    The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
    Was built to carry waste water away from Chicago's drinking supply, Lake Michigan

  • The Wonderful wizard of Oz

    The Wonderful wizard of Oz
    Was a book written by Frank Baum. Became a play and a movie, and is still popular today.

  • The Modern Car Show

    The Modern Car Show
    The first modern day automobile show in America.

  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford
    Henry Ford popularized the use of the assembly line used for mass production of cars.

  • Titanic

    Titanic
    The Unsinkable has happened! The titanic hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the ocean.

  • World War One

    World War One
    The start of the very first world war. Also known as The Great War, or The War to End All Wars. Nobody thought the world could be in a war, prior to the war.

  • Panama Canal

    Panama Canal
    The french failed to complete this canal in 1880. The U.S. took over this project and completed it in 1914.

  • The U.S. enters the War

    The U.S. enters the War
    The sinking of the ship The Lusitania, and several other ships, caused the U.S. to enter the war.

  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein
    Albert won the nobel prize in physics in 1921 and didn't even know about it until 1922.

  • Mein Kampf

    Mein Kampf
    Hitler's very first book is published. It shows the public what he is all about.