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1900

Invented in 1901, this item became a household item not long after and would be the most efficient machine for cleaning.

What is the Vacuum Cleaner

1900

Top song of the 1900s?

What is Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Hayden Quartet)

1900

Trade would soon become much more efficient when construction began on this canal in 1904.

What is the Panama Canal

1900

The nickname for the 1900s

What is "the aughts"

1910

Invented to fire large volumes of bullets during World War 1, but was adapted from an earlier version of the Gatling Gun.

Machine Gun

1910

Top Song of the 1910s?

What is Some of These Days (Sophie Tucker) 

1910

What war began in July of 1914?

What is World War One
1910

The nickname for the 1910s?

What is "the nineteen-tens", or the "Great War Era"

1920

Smooching became much more clean after this invention.

Kiss-proof Lipstick

1920

Top Song of the 1920s?

What is St. Louis Blues (Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong) 

1920
The 1920s ushered in a new era of voting when this was allowed.

What is Women's Right to Vote.

1920

The nickname for the 1920s

What is "The Roaring Twenties"

1930

Shaving became much more easier with this invention.

What is Electric Razor

1930

Top song of the 1930s?

What is Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland) 

1930

This soon-to-be prominent world leader ceased power of a broken country.

What is Hitler taking power in Germany.

1930

The nickname for the 1930s

What is "The Dirty Thirties"

1940

The power of the Sun was now in the grasp of mankind with this device.

What is the Atomic Bomb

1940

Top song of the 1940s?

Rum and Coca Cola (The Andrew Sisters)

1940

June 6th, 1944 saw the largest assault by which form, and what was it? 

What is D-day invasion, by amphibious assault/beach landing.

1940

The nickname for the 1940s?

What is "The War Years"

1950
A trip to the theater was a fun hangout spot for teenagers, all thanks to this invention.

What is Wide-screen Cinema.

1950

Top song of the 1950s?

What is Tennessee Waltz (Patti Page) 

1950

The world thought wars would be long over for awhile, until this war broke out, and changed a nation forever.

What is the Korean War

1950

The nickname for the 1950s?

What is "The Fabulous Fifties"

1960
When made, this invention's inventors would not know how it would've changed the world.

What is the Internet.

1960
Top song of the 1960s?

What is Be My Baby (The Ronettes)

1960

This tragic event shocked the whole world, and brought upon many questions, especially for the Americans.

What is the assassination of JFK

1960

The nickname for the 1960s?

What is "The Swinging Sixties"

1970

Documentation and organization became more common on this electronic invention.

What is the Personal Home Computer

1970

Top song of the 1970s?

What is Dancing Queen (ABBA) 

1970
A scandal that shocked the US, Canada, and possibly the world?

What is The Watergate Scandal

1970

The Nickname for the 1970s?

What is "The Disco Decade"

1980

Space Travel was much more efficient and far more possible than ever before thanks to this invention.

What is the Space Shuttle

1980

Top song of the 1980s?

What is Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) 

1980

This wall, dividing families, friends, and a city, was torn down.

What is the Berlin Wall

1980

Nickname for the 1980s?

What is "The Neon Decade"

1990
Beginning in 1996 as a research project, this invention would later come to help solve many questions the world had.

What is Google

1990

Top song of the 1990s?

What is I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston) 

1990

The world changed, for the better, or worse, with the collapse of what?

What is the collapse of the Soviet Union

1990

What is the nickname for the 1990s?

What is "The 90s"