1900-1919

Interactive Lesson

By Miss Setchell

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Introduction

Between the years of 1900 and 1919, many events took place. There were also many people who helped shape these events. These people were involved with advances in technology and breakthroughs within politics. These things allowed people to enter the roaring 20’s with much knowledge and excitement.

Important Events 1904 - Teddy bears named after President Theodore (Teddy)

Roosevelt. 1908 - Henry Ford's Model T car went on sale for $850. 1910 - French scientist named Georges Claude applied an

electrical charge to a tube filled with neon gas and created the Neon light.

1912 - The Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage over 1,500 drown.

1914 - World War I began. 1916 - Mr. Peanut, a schoolboy's wining contest entry, became

the symbol for Planter's Nut & Chocolate Company. 1917 - US entered WWI and sends the first troops to France. 1919 - 18th Amendment adopted (Prohibition).

Important People

Booker T Washington

William duBois

Theodore Roosevelt

The Wright Brothers

Advances inTechnology

1900 – The modern day escalator is created 1902 – Air conditioning is invented 1904 - King Gillette patents the “safety razor” 1906 – William Kellogg created cornflakes 1908 – Cellophane (plastic wrap) is created 1913 – The modern day zipper is invented 1919 – The pop-up toaster is created

Politics

1900 – Baseball is segregated 1901 – End of William McKinley’s presidency 1901 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes

president 1904 – Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1909 – William Howard Taft is elected

president 1913 – Woodrow Wilson becomes president

Booker T. Washington

In 1900 Washington helped establish the National Negro Business League.

Washington argued that it was the role of blacks to serve whites.

Those who objected this view wanted social equality.

W. E. B. duBois

William Edward Burghardt DuBois was one of this country's most distinguished educators.

In 1895 he was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Founder of the NAACP

Theodore Roosevelt

In 1904 Roosevelt was elected to a full term as president.

Roosevelt was an historian, a biographer, a statesman, a hunter, a naturalist, and a public speaker.

In 1919, at the age of sixty, he died in his sleep.

The Wright Brothers

Made an aircraft, including an engine, in 1903 and made the first controlled, sustained powered flights on December 17 of that year.

They made the first public demonstrations of this machine to a group of Dayton residents on October 4, 1905.

The Wright brothers organized a factory to manufacture airplanes in 1909.

First powered plane built by the Wright brothers in 1903.

The Wright Brothers’ first flight demonstration in 1905.

Factory where Wright brother planes were produced.

President Theodore Roosevelt

William duBois as a teacher.

NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People a civil rights organization for ethnic minorities in

the united States Civil rights are the protections and privileges of

personal liberty given to all citizens by law. African Americans wanted the same civil rights

that all white people were given.

The Teddy Bear

1900’s 2000’s

Henry Ford’s Model T 1908

Neon Light

Sinking of the Titanic

The Start of WWI

WWI begins when Arch-Duke Franz

Ferdinand is assassinated.

Mr. Peanut

US enters WWI

Prohibition

Prohibition: drinking alcohol is against the law.

Modern Day Escalator

Air Conditioning

Gillette Safety Razor

Kellogg’s Cornflakes

Cellophane

Modern Day Zipper

Pop-Up Toaster

1919 2006

Segregation within Baseball

William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Woodrow Wilson