Twentieth Century Timeline

1903 First flight at Kitty Hawk. The Wright brothers took flight at Kitty Hawk, an event that made way for American air travel and eventually space travel while demonstrating American innovation worldwide.

1904 First popular American film is introduced. This form of entertainment enabled Americans to spend their leisure time in a new way, one that would eventually become a hallmark of American culture via Hollywood cinema.

1906 Upton Sinclair wrote and published The Jungle. This book on the unfair labor practices and harsh conditions in the meatpacking industry was instrumental in helping raise the call for workersÆ rights and fairer labor practices.

1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded. This organization represented a step forward for African American rights and remained instrumental as an organization to assist people of color throughout the century.

1910 Boy Scouts established in the United States. This organization for boys was instrumental in helping prepare children to become self-reliant, helpful and skilled and successful citizens.

1911 Standard Oil Company is broken up. This company represented a monopoly and ushered in a new era of government regulation and

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cle created for the war, jeeps have become one of the longest lasting and most popular models of vehicles ever created in the U.S. Many people drive them today. 1942 T-shirt introduced. The t-shirt is now a staple of American culture and fashion, as it allowed millions of Americans to dress in a more casual manner than ever before possible during work or leisure pursuits. It would become a blank slate for a number of powerful slogans, humor, and social protest statements. 1945 U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This horrific but necessary action effectively brought and end to WWII, but it also opened up a PandoraÆs box of fear and concern culminating in the Cold War. 1948 ôBig Bangö theory formulated. This novel at the time theory of EarthÆs creation created enormous controversy as its premise flew in the face of organized religion and creation mythology. 1950 First modern credit card introduced. Americans love to shop and now a majority of them are living with huge debt due to the enormous popularity of paying for purchases with credit cards that enable immediate pickup of items but charge interest. 1951 Color TV introduced. Television is an American staple of the twentieth century and color TVs demonstrate
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