8000 B.C. – mid 1700’s

Mid 1700’s- mid 1900’s

Mid 1900’s- 2000’s

2000’s- future

Technology: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm1. The Wright Brothers invent the first airplane. 2. The first Model T is sold. Nature of work: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1900.html1. The Rotary Club of Businessmen is founded. 2. The Financial Panic and Depression of 1907 begins. Education: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1900.html1. Mary McLeod Bethune opens The Daytona Educational and Industrial Training

School for Negro Girls. 2. Carnagie Institution is formed in Washington D.C. Nature of Society and Culture:

http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1900.html1. Second modern Olympic Games held. 2. The first major oil discovery in Texas occurs. Political: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1900.html1. President William McKinley wins 2nd term as presidents. 2. President McKinley is shot at the Pan-American Exposition and Vice President

Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as president.

Technology: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm1. Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture. 2. Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask. Nature of Work: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1910.html1. Henry Ford patents the Automotive Transmission. 2. Ford Motor Company increase basic wages. Education: http://cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edhis.htm1. Louis W. Stern develops the concept of IQ (Intelligence Quotient). 2. The Progressive Education Association is founded. Nature of Society and Culture:

http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1910.html1. The Boy Scouts of America is founded. 2. 1st moving assembly line is introduced and adopted for mass production by the

Ford Motor Company. Political : http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1910.html1. President Woodrew Wilson declares war on Germany and joins forces with the

allies. 2. The 18th Amendment is sent to the states for passage by U.S. Congress.

Technology: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm1. The first robot is built. 2. Garrett A. Morgan invents a traffic signal. Nature of Work: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1920.html1. IBM corporation is founded. 2. Stock market crash occurs. Education:

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1. Supreme court rules that children can now either attend public or private schools.

2. Sex education is taught at schools. Nature of Society and Culture

http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1920.html1. The 1st Winter Olympics games are held. 2. Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean. Political: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1920.html1. Women are given the right to vote. 2. J. Edgar Hoover is appointed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Technology: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm1. The “differentiated analyzer” or the analog computer is invented by Vannevar Bush at MIT in

Boston. 2. Polaroid photography is invented by Edwin Herbert Land. Nature of Work: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1930.html1. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is established to stimulate banking and business. 2. The National Minimum Wage Act is enacted within the federal legislation. Education:1. The National School Lunch Act expands which allows for low cost and free lunches.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39154333/ns/today-back_to_school/t/timeline-mome2. Dick and Jane books published. http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade30.htmlNature of Society and Culture: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1930.html1. Clyde Tombaugh discovers the planet Pluto at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. 2. The Star Spangled Banner is approved by President Hoover and Congress as the national

anthem. Political: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1930.html1. The London Naval Reduction Treaty is signed into law. 2. New Deal social and economic programs passed by U.S. Congress.

Technology: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm1. Peter Goldmart invents the modern color television system. 2. The atomic bomb is invented. Nature of Work: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1940.html1. G I Bill of Rights is signed into law. 2. 400,000 mine workers strike, other industries followEducation: http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html1. Richard Wright writes book Native Son. 2. Dr. Benjamin Spock’s book Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care is

released. Nature of Society and Culture:

http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1940.html1. The Normany Invasion occurs. 2. The attack of Pearl Political http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1940.html1. The Lend-Lease Act is approved. 2. President Harry S. Truman gives the go ahead for the bombing of Hiroshima.

Technology: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm1. Edward Teller and team build the hydrogen bomb. 2. Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce both invent the microchip. Nature of Work: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1950.html1. American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations

merge to form AFL-CIO. 2. Ray Kroc founds the idea for the McDonald’s corporations. Education:

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1. Brown versus Board of Education. 2. More than $ 1 Billion in funding is used to revamp science and math curricula in

public schools. Nature of Society and Culture:

http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1950.html1. The first large scale vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburg,

Pennsylvania. 2. Joseph McCarthy begins Senate hearings. Political: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1950.html1. President Truman orders U.S. involvement in the Korean War. 2. U.S. Congress approves first Civil Rights Bill since Reconstruction.

Technology: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm1. First computer with integrated circuits is made. 2. Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory). Nature of Work: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1960.html1. Civil Rights march on Washington D.C. for jobs and freedom. 2. Legislation in U.S. Congress on Civil Rights is passed banning discrimination in

jobs, voting, and accommodations. Education:

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1. Supreme Court ruling Engel versus Vitale forbids organized prayer in school. 2. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 gives federal funding to

schools. Nature of Society and Culture:

http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1960.html1. First black student attends the University of Mississippi. 2. Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Political: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1960.html1. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. 2. Vietnam War

Technology: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm1. The floppy disk is invented by Alan Shugart. 2. The microprocessor is invented by Faggin, Hoff & Mazor. Nature of Work: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1970.html1. Microsoft becomes a registered trademark. 2. Crysler Bailout is approved by the federal government. Education:

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1. Standardized testing is used to measure school performance. 2. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 becomes law. Nature of Society and Culture:

http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1970.html1. First Earth Day celebration is held. 2. Watergate crisis begins. Political: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1970.html1. Senate approves a Constitutional Amendment, the 26th, that lowers the voting

age from 21 to 18. 2. Roe versus Wade case is ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Technology: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm1. Apple MacIntosh is invented. 2. Digital cellular phones invented. Nature of Work: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1980.html1. President Reagan signs legislations meant to rescue Social Security System from

bankruptcy. 2. General Electric Corporation buys RCA Corporation in the largest corporate merger. Education:1. A Nation at Risk report is issued.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39154333/ns/today-back_to_school/t/timeline-mome2. Columbia University begins accepting women. http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade80.htmlNature of Society and Culture: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1980.html1. Martin Luther King Day is officially observed. 2. The Challenger Space shuttle explodes. Political: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1980.html1. President Ronald Reagan proposed the largest tax cut legislation in history. 2. Stock market crash known as Black Monday occurs on the New York Stock Exchange.

Technology: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm1. World Wide Web & Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) created

by Tim Berners-Lee. 2. Pentium processor invented. Nature of Work: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1990.html1. The North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect. 2. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 10, 000 for the first time. Education: http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade90.html1. ERIC ( Educational Resources Databases) is available online. 2. Distance Education Programs are implemented. Nature of Society and Culture:

http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1990.html1. The World Trade Center is bombed by Islamic terrorists. 2. World Series is cancelled for the first time since 1904. Political: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1990.html1. The Cold War ends. 2. Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act is signed into law by President Bill

Clinton.

Technology: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm1. AbioCor artificial heart invented by Abiomed. 2. IPOD created by Apple Computers. Nature of Work: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline2000.html1. Montgomery Ward ceases business. 2. Ruling in case of U.S. versus Microsoft states that company did violate anti-trust

laws. Education:

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1. President Bush signs No Child Left Behind Bill. 2. All American schools have access to the Internet. Nature of Society and Culture: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline2000.html1. Islamic fundamentalist terrorists crash U.S. airliners into the Pentagon and World

Trade Center. 2. Anthrax attacks by mail from Princeton, NJ against news and government targets. Political: http://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline2000.html1. U.S. announce War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. 2. The U.S. Congress passes a resolution giving the president the authority to use

military forces of the country as he thinks.