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Twentieth Century
American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century - http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html The purpose of these pages is to present a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century. Organized by decade through the 1970's, this guide offers a broad perspective on the twentieth century. Each decade is broken down into subjects, such as: art and architecture, music, fashion, and historic events.
The American Experience -- Eleanor Roosevelt - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/ An in depth look at one the the 20th century's most influential women.
Anti-Saloon League 1893-1933 - http://www.wpl.lib.oh.us/AntiSaloon/ The Anti-Saloon League from 1893 to 1933 was a major force in American politics. Influencing the United States through the printed word and lobbying, they turned a moral crusade into a Constitutional amendment. The League left a legacy of printed material at a site bequeathed to the Westerville Public Library which houses the Anti-Saloon League Museum.
Decades in 20th Century America - http://www.aclibrary.org/teenroom/decades.asp An American decades project is a perennial favorite of history teachers. Librarians at the Alameda County (CA) Library put together this site with that assignment in mind. Students, or anyone else interested in American history and culture, will find a collection of print and online sources for each of the century's decades, as well as several that cover more than one decade.
The Fifties - http://www.joesherlock.com/fifties.html On this site, you'll find: Fifties History & Culture; Cars of the 1950s; Fifties Music; Cool Fifties Car Drawings; 50s Photos & Scrapbook; Fifties Concept Cars; Plastic in the 1950s; The Fifties Store; Cool 50s Links and Awards; 1950s Frequently-Asked Questions.
Great American Speeches - http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/timeline/index.html You have discovered one of the most comprehensive on-line collections of speech texts of contemporary American History. Here you can read the speeches and backgrounds of many of the most influential and poignant speakers of the recorded age. To help put each speaker in historical context, we have also provided a brief timeline of historical events.
Inthe80s.com - http://www.inthe80s.com/ Music, TV, Fads, Games, Movies, World Events, Quizzes, and more
Lincoln Steffens - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=71337 A brief overview of journalist Lincoln Steffens' career. U.S. journalist, lecturer, and political philosopher, a leading figure among the writers whom Theodore Roosevelt called muckrakers.
New Deal Network - http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm The New Deal Network seeks to stimulate students and historians throughout the United States to discover and document the human and material legacy of the New Deal. It includes a database of photographs, political cartoons, and texts (speeches, letters, and other historic documents from the New Deal period).
Robert H. Goddard: American Rocket Pioneer - http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/service/gallery/fact_sheets/general/goddard/goddard.htm Includes information about Goddard's life and career. Also has a list of his historic firsts.
Stuck in the 70s - http://www.stuckinthe70s.com/ If you too, between 1970-1981, were glued to the TV watching "The Brady Bunch," "All in the Family," and "American Bandstand" and you were reading "Tiger Beat," "16," and "Creem," while you were wearing bell bottom Levi's, Lees and Wranglers, pull up a bean bag on the shag rug and stick around. Click on the links to bring back some memories NOW!
the sixties pop diary - http://www.sixtiespop.freeserve.co.uk/ The sixties pop diary features news, records, TV, books and films, 1960-69, updated on an irregular basis with the stories and events of the decade.
Watergate - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/front.htm This site provides an introduction to the most famous political scandal in American history.
Welcome to the 1960s - http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/century/1960s.htm The 8th grade graduating class of 2000 at Pocantico Hills School has researched the 1960s and pointed you to some highlights from this amazing decade. We did this work as part of a seven week computer course. The purpose of the work was to learn about different search engines, how they work, use them to find information and to evaluate the information we found.
Westinghouse Works Home Page - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/papr/west/westhome.html What was factory life like at the turn of the century? Now you can step onto the factory floor of The Westinghouse Works company of 1904, as it was filmed for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St. Louis that year.
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