The 1900s decade in photos a decade of discovery
"Middle school readers will find out about the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1900-1909"--Provided by publisher.
| Main Author: | Corrigan, Jim. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley Heights, NJ :
Enslow Publishers,
c2010.
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| Series: |
Amazing decades in photos
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Table of Contents:
- Welcome to the 1900s
- The Wrights take flight
- President McKinley assassinated
- American forces go abroad
- The first World Series
- Teddy Roosevelt ends the coal strike
- Telegraph and radio connect the world
- St. Louis World's Fair
- From the stage to the movies
- War erupts between Japan and Russia
- Earthquake destroys San Francisco
- The Jungle shocks readers
- The phonograph brings fine music home
- Digging the Panama Canal
- Oklahoma joins the Union
- Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T
- Pablo Picasso and modern art
- Brilliant minds, great discoveries
- Reaching the North Pole
- The NAACP is founded
- Looking ahead.