20th Century Event Years
The Great Stock Market Crash
What is 1929?
The signing of the US Declaration of Independence
What is 1776?
The bubonic plague that likely killed up to 50 million people was known by this colourful nickname.
What is The Black Death?
He is credited with the invention of the modern moving assembly line, first implemented at an auto plant in 1913.
Who is Henry Ford?
This period of economic downturn featured mass unemployment and lasted from 1929 to 1939.
What is the Great Depression?
The conclusion of World War 2
What is 1945?
The beginning of the French Revolution
What is 1789?
This series of military campaigns designed to wrest control of The Holy Land from Muslim rulers began in 1095
What are The Crusades?
He is famous for his Three Laws of Motion, first published in 1687.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
This period of British economic history, lasting roughly from 1760 to 1840, is known for the transition from hand crafting to the mechanized production of goods.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The sinking of the Titanic
What is 1912?
The arrival of Columbus in the New World (his landing in The Bahamas)
What is 1492?
The Middle Ages is widely accepted to have begun with the fall of the western region of this empire.
What is the Roman Empire?
These siblings achieved powered flight in 1903.
Who are the Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur)?
Used in the absence of money, this term is used for the exchange of goods and/or services.
What is barter?
The assassination of John F. Kennedy
What is 1963?
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
What is 1865?
This religious leader founded Islam in 610.
Who is Muhammad?
He invented a process to kill pathogens in milk, and developed vaccines for rabies and anthrax.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
He is known as the Father of Socialism.
Who is Karl Marx?
The opening of the Berlin Wall
What is 1989?
The signing of the Magna Carta
What is 1215?
The Battle of Hastings resulted in the Norman conquest of England in this year.
What is 1066?
He formally described the sun-centred nature of our solar system in 1543.
Who is Copernicus?
This British economist is known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production.
Who is Thomas Malthus?