Inventions
1902. Willis Carrier invents the first what as a way to solve a moisture problem for a publishing company.
What is Air Conditioning
Was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture
Who is Josephine Baker
The decade was defined by a global economic and political crisis that culminated in the Second World War. It saw the collapse of the international financial system, beginning with the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the largest stock market crash in American history.
What is the 1930's
an inability to see the difference between certain colors.
What Is Color Blindness
1930: Richard Drew, a young engineer, invented this moisture-proof way for grocers and bakers to seal packages. It helps people “make do” during the Great Depression—they made simple repairs to household items.
What is Scotch Tape
While on a family picnic with friends, he tried to open a can of beer but didn’t have a can opener, so he used a car bumper to open it and thought, “There must be a better way.
Who is Ermal Fraze
At the time it was called several things including “ring-pull,” “tab-top,” “zip-top” or “pop-top.”
Was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history. The era was marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and antiwar protests, countercultural movements, political assassinations and the emerging "generation gap."
What is the 1960's
Throughout history, people have changed the world seeking neither reward or recognition. We call these people
What are Unsung Heroes
László Bíró patented what is considered the first what in 1938, though he had been developing it for almost a decade beforehand with his brother György. Frustrated with the writing tools of their day, Laszlo and György invented a special ink made with a paste instead of water.
What is the Ballpoint Pen
Called "the mother of the civil rights movement," Invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks
Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955, launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott by 17,000 black citizens.
A time which was defined by people's love for the radio, dancing marathons, the flapper dress and much more.
Is generally used with reference to the United States, whereas in Europe this era is referred to as the Golden Twenties.
What is the Roaring Twenties, or 1920's
a pioneer or innovator, someone who creates a path for others.
Someone who does something before anyone else, a leader.
What are Trailblazers
Refers to the first six letters on the upper row of the keyboard. The key arrangement was devised by Christopher Latham Sholes, whose Type-Writer, as it was then called, was first mass-produced in 1874
What is the QWERTY Keyboard
Was an American actress and singer, the voice of the Walt Disney animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, for which she was named a Disney Legend in 1994, making her the first female voice-over artist to achieve this.
Who is Adriana Casalotti
Was an era when the women's rights, gay rights and environmental movements gained momentum. The Vietnam War came to a close, the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, the United States ended direct involvement in the Vietnam War and President Jimmy Carter grappled with an energy crisis, inflation and the Iran Hostage Crisis.
What is the 1970's
Born and raised in Philadelphia
was a pre-med student at Lincoln University prior to enlisting in the still-segregated Army in December 1942, a year after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor drew the United States into World War II.
Although he passed an exam to enter officer candidate school, he was reportedly prevented from becoming an officer on account of his race.
Who is Waverly B. Woodson Jr.
Becoming a medic instead, Woodson was assigned to the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, whose job was to loft blimp-like, hydrogen-filled spheres high into the sky to protect strategic sites from Axis aerial assaults.
In 1980, Kirsch and Richard F. Lyon independently invented the first versions of this.
What is the Optical Mouse
Kirsch has started several companies. In 1993, he founded the search engine Infoseek, which in 1999 was sold to the Walt Disney Co.
American documentary photographer whose portraits of displaced farmers during the Great Depression greatly influenced later documentary and journalistic photography.
Who is Dorothea Lange
Was a decade marked by the post-World War II boom, the dawn of the Cold War and the civil rights movement in the United States.
Historians use the word “boom” to describe a lot of things
A growing group of Americans spoke out against inequality and injustice
African Americans had been fighting against racial discrimination
What is the 1950's
The invention of this originates to over 600 years ago in the 15th century when people would use pots to store what money they had. In that time, metal was an expensive commodity and not frequently used for household equipment. Household items such as plates and pots were made from an affordable clay called ‘pygg’.
What is the piggy bank