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Early Entertainment. First motion picture . The first motion picture with a plot was The Great Train Robbery . This movie showed in 1903 It was about 10 minutes long and had 14 scenes. The Automobile . The Model-T was introduced in 1908.
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First motion picture • The first motion picture with a plot was The Great Train Robbery. • This movie showed in 1903 • It was about 10 minutes long and had 14 scenes.
The Automobile • The Model-T was introduced in 1908. • It was affordable due to the improvement of Ford’s assembly line.
Telephones • The first long-distance telephone call from New York to San Francisco happened in 1915. • What were Bell’s first words?
Charles Lindbergh • 1st non-stop flight was in 1927 • The first transcontinental flight was in 1959. • The Wright brothers’ first successful flight at Kitty Hawk was in 1903.
Herbert Hoover • Was elected in 1929. • What is a Hooverville?
Chicago • Chicago was a poem published by Carl Sandburg in 1914.
Panama Canal • The Panama Canal opened in 1914.
Virgin Islands • The U.S. bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917. • How much did the U.S. pay for them? • Why did we want to buy them?
Phonofilm • The first sound on a film motion picture was in 1927. • What is a “talkie?” • http://ieee-virtual-museum.org/exhibit/exhibit.php?id=159246&lid=1&seq=7
Great earthquake • The great earthquake in San Francisco happened in 1906.
Radio Broadcast • The first regular licensed radio broadcast was in 1920.
WOMEN! • Women receive the right to vote! • 19th Amendment • 1920
Prohibition • Prohibition becomes the law in 1919! • Also known as the “dry law.”
What a Life Saver! • The first Life Savers were sold in 1912! • How many pieces come in a package? • Why are they known as “summer candy?”
Carry Nation • Carry Nation began “raiding” with a hatchet in 1901.
North Pole • Admiral Robert E. Perry reached the North Pole in 1909.
President McKinley • President McKinley was assassinated in 1901. • How did he die?
Boy Scouts • The Boy Scouts were founded in 1910.
Girl Scouts • The American Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) were founded in 1912. • My parents never let me be a girl scout. • What is your favorite cookie?
