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1900-1990’s By: Jessica Stanbro and Jackson Bullock
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1900-1990’s
By: Jessica Stanbro and Jackson Bullock
1900’s
The great plague came to America from Hong Kong immigrants who brought it over when they came to America.
In 1900 the model t cars came in four different cars, the touring car, the runabout, the coupe and the town car. They cost about $840!
Marconi was one of the first people to discover the radio. Experimenting, he got a radio transmission to travel 1,700 miles.
The very first electric washing machine was called the Hamilton Smith Rotary washing machine. It washed away dirt.
76,000,000 Americans in 46 states. Auto deaths- 96. Earth quakes took seven hundred lives. Average worker made $12.98. Life expectancy female 47.3 male 46.3. Blacks 33.
1910’s
Ecstasy was first originally created in Germany, all though hardly used.
The titanic sank in 1912 leaving thousands to die. Only 705/1,522 survived.
Chlorine gas was used in war, against opponents in World War 1. Breathing it in would cause people’s respiratory organs to fail.
Carrier invented the air conditioner because the other similar designs didn’t have the right humidity levels and heat levels.
Population:92,407,000
Life expectancy: Male 48.4 Female 51.8
Average salary:$750/year
Unemployment:2,150,000
1920’sThe radio was one of the most important inventions in America. The radio informed people of news, it brought the nation together, and whole new way for citizens to advertise.
When Birdsey founded evaporating ammonia, it would freeze a two inch pack of meat in 90 minutes.
The phrase “better than sliced bread” was a common term that came from the Wonder Bread CompanyThere were add-ons in 1920 to all
cars. Front wheel drive, independent front suspension, and efficient automatic transition.
Population- 106,521,536
Life expectancy- Male: 53.6 Female: 54.6
343,000 people in the military
Average earnings- 12,336
1930’s
James Chadwick worked with Rutherford and won the noble peace prize in 1935 for the discovery of the Neutron.
The fabric nylon replaced silk for a major material used.
Amelia Earhart was the first person to fly from New Found land to Paris.
The Empire state building in considered a wonder of the modern world, it took 14 months and 3,400 men to complete it.
Population-123,188,000
Life expectancy-male 58.1 female 61.6
Average salary-$13,680
Unemployment rises to 25%.
1940’sThe Manhattan project was a big project that produced an atomic bomb.
In 1948 100 cities were making phone calls that were wireless.
In 1954 Kolff was the first doctor to do a kidney transplant.
The original food in the microwave that melted was the candy bar. The second food was popcorn then and egg.
Population-132,122,000
Unemployment in 1940-8,120,000
National debt-$43 billion
Average salary-1,299
Minimum wage-$43 per hour
Antarctica was discovered.
1950’sIn the world war 2 the Mike Test was a bomb blast that stretched 100 miles wide, and reached 25 miles high.
The method that King’s team used to look at DNA was X-Ray detraction images.
The first type of snowmobile were snow buggies, they were used for races.
Polio was a disease that attacked the nervous system. President Franklin D . Roosevelt died of it.
Population-151,684,000
Unemployment-3,288
Life expectancy-male 65.6 female 71.1
1960’s
47 pounds of lunar land material was brought back to earth.
A bell-boy was a device like a pager and it allowed you to tell people when you need something.
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The first mouse was created by Englebart, it was designed to display editing, it was a box with a cord.
The biggest downfall of the Magnavox Odyssey was that it only worked on a Magnavox television.
Population- 177,830,000
Average Salary- 4,743
Teachers Salary- 5,174
Life expectancy- Male 60 Female 73
1970’sThe ATARI VCS cost $199 and came with 9 games
The main component in an MRI is a Pixel. An MRI was a brain scan.
The Main principle behind “surveillance and containment” was to identify the cases of small pox.
One cycle of in-vitro normally cost $40,000 a day to couples.
Population- 204,879,000
Average Salary- 7,564
Life expectancy Male 67 Female 75
1980’sWhen Mt. Saint Helens erupted the elevation of the mountain went from 9,677 to 8,363.
The first Ipod was born in 2001, but the idea came to them in the 1980’s.
After Bill Gates made his computer he was threatened by Apple for making a similar computer.
When the Mac 128k came out it staid in market for only a year an a half.
Population-226,546,000
Average salery-$15,757
Life expectancy-male 69.9 female 77.6
1990’sDolly was a cloned sheep. She was very popular but in the end her cells were older then her body and she died at seven.
The spectral range of the Hubble Telescope 2.4 meters.
In the 1990’s scientists started to want cells for their research. In order to get cells they’d use abortion. People were angry about it and it started an ethical debate over stem cell research.
The Inter National Space Station is not yet finished and it will take 133 space flights till it is finished.
Population- 281,421,906
Average Salary- 13.37 per hour
Minimum wage- 5.17 per hour
Life expectancy- Male 73 Female 79
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