Can anyone help my son with history homework? We have to list 10 historical events since the 1900s?

Answer 1

* Antibiotics drastically reduced mortality from bacterial diseases and their prevalence.
* X-rays became powerful diagnostic tool for wide spectrum of diseases, from bone fractures to cancer. In 1960-s, Computerized tomography had been invented.
* Another important diagnostic tool is sonography.
* Development of vitamins virtually eliminated scurvy and other vitamin-deficiency diseases.
* New psychiatric drugs were developed. This includes antipsychotics which are efficient in treating hallucinations and delusions, and antidepressants for treating depression. However, some of these drugs have serious side effects, and they usually cannot heal a psychiatric disease, only treat it.
* Role of tobacco smoking in developing cancer and other diseases had been proved in 1950-s (see British Doctors Study).
* New methods for cancer treatment, namely chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and immunotherapy, were developed. As a result, in many cases cancer can be completely healed.
* New methods for heart surgery were developed.
* Cocaine and heroin were found to be dangerous addictive drugs, and their wide usage had been outlawed.
* Contraceptive drugs were developed, which reduced overpopulation.

Answer 2

1901, president Mckinley was shot, 1914-1918 W W 1, October 1929 was the start of the great depression, September 1939 Germany and Russia invaded Poland starting
W W 2, December & 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor bringing the U S into the war, 1950-
1953 The Korean war, November, 1963 president Kennedy was assassinated, 1964, the first US troops arrived in south Indo-China (Viet Nam), 1979 or 1980, 52 american hostages were taked in Iran, 1983, Us troops were sent to granada, I'm not sure if it was 1989 or 1990, communisum fell in the Soviet Union, 1991, Operation desert storm took place. I'm not claiming to be the smartest person in the world, but I hope this helps.

Answer 3

You could answer this in one of two ways.The obvious way would be to list ten events of obvious world importance; the other would be to list ten events on a specific theme, eg advances in technology, developments in popular music, or political crises that shaped the 20th Century.

To give it perhaps a different slant, what about 10 events since 1900 that have shaped Britain and its role in the world? I would summarise these as follows:

1914. Outbreak of World War One, and British acceptance of a wartime 'Continental Commitment'.

1922. Washington Conference, where the UK accepted it could no longer afford to maintain a position as the world's strongest naval power.

1926. General Strike in Britain.This shaped attitudes amongst the Unions and the Employers for much of the next 50 years.

1939. Outbreak of World War Two. British acceptance of a continental commitment once again.

1940. Rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk (May-June) and the Battle of Britain (July-October). Pivotal events in the military sense in 1940, and they have shaped how we perceived ourselves ever since.

1942. Publication of the Beveridge Report, which paved the way for the creation of the National Health Service in 1948. Long seen as the highest moral point in British social policy during the 20th Century.

1947. Independence of India. Beginning of the break-up of the British Empire, which was effectively completed by 1970.

1956. Anglo-French invasion of Egypt to seize the Suez Canal. Condemned as the aggressors by world opinion, the UK and France were forced to end the venutre by US diplomatic and military pressure. This was the first clear sign that Britain's position and role in the world had diminished, particularly compared to the USA.

1963. Profumo scandal. Played a very large part in ending the deferential society, in which the authorities and upper classes were perceived as 'betters' or 'superiors'.

1967. The Summer of Love, typified by the Beatles's releas eof the album 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. This was a high point musically and culturally. Its parallel was the Wilson Government's changes to social legislation between 1965 and 1968, in which the death penalty was abolished, abortion was legalised, divorce was made easier, the age of consent reduced to 18, and homosexuality was decriminalised.

Just some thoughts, and I have no doubt that someone will criticise this for being too parochial and specific to the UK.

You could also think about the 'Winter of Discontent' in 1978-79, which shaped the UK's political attitudes and landscape for 20 years; Britain's successful liberation of the Falklands in 1982; and the death of Princess Diana in 1997 and the nationwide reaction to it. As I say, just a few ideas.

Answer 4

Major events of the last century are as follows:

Marathon Bar changes name to Snickers.
Male model Fabio cops a bird in the face on a rollercoaster ride.
Radiohead release The Bends.
Ra-Ra-Rasputin tops the charts for Boney M.
Oil discovered to be worth more than mere human lives.
"Little" Jimmy Osmond.
Boris Yeltsin's vodka fuelled "Dad" dancing.
Darth Vader revealed to be Luke's father.
Robert Rankin writes The Brentford Triangle.
The Charleston goes out of fashion,thankfully.

I hope these help.

Answer 5

question not clear does since 1900's mean after 1999?

here goes
1 September 11th
2 Madrid train bombing
3 July 7th
4 Blair wins third term for labour
5 Blair and Bush rewrite International law and go to war with Iraq without UN sanction
6 Ditto Afganistan ... If u arent with us you are against us ... the threat by the major world power that if you dont agree with him you are an enemy.
7 Internet comes of age with google topping a billion dollar valuation as an Internet search engine.
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Answer 6

First and Second World wars, the moon landings, the invention of antibiotics, the Russian revolution, the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, the fall of the British Empire and the rise of America as the worlds leading superpower, the atomic bomb, the invention of the contraceptive pill, and most important of all England won the World Cup in 1966!

Answer 7

The wright brothers first flew
Henry ford produced the first Model T
The Titanic sank
WW1
WW2
Black people got the right to vote
charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic
The Great Depression
Apollo II landed on the moon
Vietnam War

Answer 8

Oh come on now do you really need help with this? Off the top of my head:

World War 1
Russian Revolution
World War 2
Vietnam War
Civil Rights Movement in US
Kennedy assasination
Falklands War
Fall of communism, dismantling of Berlin wall
Terror attacks of 11 Sept 2001
Iraq War

Ok that took me all of 30 seconds then.

Answer 9

Lots of info on historical events since the 1900
General Collections of Resources Covering Many Decades and Subjects
http://melvil.chicousd.org/decsg.html

Answer 10

little rock nine desegregation
roe v wade
man on moon
OK i googled:
1.1 "The Great War"
1.2 Russian Revolution
1.3 Between two wars
1.3.1 Economic depression
1.3.2 The rise of dictatorships
1.4 Global war
1.4.1 The war in Europe
1.4.2 The war in the Pacific
1.4.3 The Holocaust
1.4.4 The Nuclear Age begins
1.5 The Post-War World
1.5.1 Israel and Palestine
1.5.2 The end of empire
1.5.3 An "Iron Curtain" forms
1.5.4 War by proxy
1.5.5 "One giant leap for mankind"
1.5.6 The end of the Cold War
1.5.7 Dawn of the Information Age
1.5.8 European Union

Answer 11

King George v coronation 22 JUN 1911
Death of Queen Mum (who cares)
World war 1 1914-18
world war 2 1939-45
Falklands war 1982
Fall of Berlin Wall 1989
Cyprus becomes in dependant 1960
Feb 1st 1956 coldest day of century in Britain
Britain joins EEC, Jan 1st 1973
Dec 2-7 smog in London kills many 1962