Culture
This 12-minute long silent film, was the first narrative movie-one that told a story. (1903)
What is the Great Train Robbery
The name of the steamship that was hailed as a "floating palace" of fine furniture and artworks, stained glass windows and elegant woodworking. But ended up sinking when it hit an iceberg.
What is the Titanic
What is another term for WW1?
Which President got stuck in a bathtub?
Who is William Howard Taft
December 17, 1903 it was a bitterly cold day. At least it was on the sandbar near Kitty Hawk, NorthCarolia. The wind came howling off the ocean at 27 miles an hour. What were the names of the brothers who flew the first plane successfully?
What is Child Labor
Demand was up! for automobiles! What was the method called where each worker in the factory make only one part of the car. The car was built bit by bit by many workers. This was an entirely new system.
What is the assembly line.
The definition: A formal agreement made between nations, usually to resolve a long-standing problem
What is treaty
Theodore Roosevelt took over the Presidency, when which President was assassinated?
Who is President McKinley.
The first car produced by what company was the Model A. It was built in 1903. It had an eight-horsepower engine and was started with a crank.
Wha is the Ford Company
The name of a popular store where women could buy their clothes instead of having to make them.
Sears, Roebuck
What was the 18th Amendment to the Constitution? As one gov't official said: "After that hour, not a barrel of intoxicating liquor, a case of wine, or a keg of beer can be legally manufactured, sold, or transported anywhere in the US."
Prohibition
In April 1915 the German army used the most hideous weapon ever developed. It was an invisible killer... what was it? (General answer)
what is poison gas.
What is, "Speak softly and carry a big stick!"
The process of preserving perishable food was not easy until 1913. This giant bulky cooler with a fan was created.
The women who fought to win the right to vote for women in the early 20th Century?
what is Suffragettes/suffragists
What is The Spanish Flu
This peace agreement that was established as a call for a world body to peacefully settle disputes between nations. This began as a meeting for all the nations involved in the Great War. In 1918 Woodrow Wilson had come up with the Fourteen Points, a revolutionary way of 'world thinking'
What is League of Nations
Who succeeded President Roosevelt in the Presidency?
Who is William Howard Taft
This was invented after Joesphine Dickson frequently cut and burned herself while cooking? The prototype allowed her to easily take care of her small injuries without assistance.
What is the band-aid?
What sport dominated the American sports scene in the early 1900's
What is baseball
In 1903, this person was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize for physics. Hint-She and her husband received this award for their discovery of two new elements, 'polonium' and 'radium'
Who is Marie Curie.
This man had new ideas about space and time. Some people thought he was a genius. Others thought he was crazy. in 1909, He became a professor at the University of Zurich when he was only 30yrs old.
Who is Albert Einstein
This President started the Federal Reserve and got the U.S. involved in WW1, and presented the idea of an international "League of Nations"
Who is Woodrow Wilson
We have Hubert Booth to thank for this 1901 invention. It changed house work for years to come!
What is the vacuum cleaner?