In your opinion, what event had the greatest impact on the 20th century?

Question

And why?

Answer 1

when mamie till decided to leave her son's coffin open at his funeral. it was the 20th century's uncle tom's cabin. it sent shock waves through the nation and world and set the civil rights movement rolling. think about all the impact the civil rights movement had of the nation and the world, not only is the cliched ways, but in the way it affected identity, politics, community, the economy, law enforcement, media, and culture in the u.s.

that, and the creation of the internet ;)

Answer 2

i am going to do some see you later as you 'stay Calm' finished conflict the finished inhabitants, alongside with corporation and production facility output. are geared in the route of a wartime monetary equipment. The production of shopper products is a great deal decreased in want of production of conflict elements. Dredsen-the hearth bombings and ensuing lack of life of 50,000 civilians were finished to 'spoil' the moral of the German human beings. It had the completely opposite outcome and bonded the inhabitants to submit more beneficial resistance particularly that a lot less. the yankee authorities later concluded the bombings were a failure. stay cool

Answer 3

If an 'progress' qualifies as an event, I would say the ability to travel via mass transit. It helped stimulate world-wide trade, immigration, etc.
If you truly mean an event it would be a toss b/w women gaining the right to vote or equality for all races.

Answer 4

9-11

Answer 5

at the end of the last millennium, some think tank got together and tackled this very question.

their answer? air conditioning.

think about it, it completely changed the way we live, work and shop.

and fyi, the internal combustion engine was technically a 19th century invention.

Answer 6

World War II
created a ton of problems which have carried over to today (Israeli Palestinian Conflict for example...)

Answer 7

w. lied his way into office...