The 1900s Lifestyles and Social Trends: Overview The United States shed many of its nineteenth-century styles, traditions, and beliefs as it entered the modern era. America in 1900 was vastly …

1900s: The Birth of the American Century The United States entered the twentieth century during a period of sweeping change. In fact, change and transformation were the norm in the first decade of …

During the years 1900 to 1909, over eight million immigrants poured into the United States in search of jobs and opportunity. Less than fifty years before the turn of the century, five out of six Americans …

WOMEN IN THE EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY (1900-1960): INTRODUCTION The dawn of the twentieth century witnessed changes in almost every aspect of the day-today lives of women, from …

The Impact of Radioactivity on Medicine between 1900 and 1949OverviewIn 1896 Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), a professor at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France, discovered …

The 1900s Government, Politics, and Law: Chronology 1900: March 24 The Carnegie Steel Corporation is incorporated and becomes the nation's largest corporation. 1900: April 30 Under an act of …

The 1900s Sports: Overview America's love of sports was firmly established by the dawn of the twentieth century. During the early 1900s, spectators thrilled to amazing athletic feats in baseball, football, …

Race Riots (U.S.), 1900–1910RIOTS OF 1900RACE RIOT IN ATLANTA, GEORGIARACE RIOT IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOISTHE TEXAS BROWNSVILLE INCIDENTBIBLIOGRAPHY Source for …

NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH (1844–1900) Although trained as a philologist, Friedrich Nietzsche has been among the philosophers most influential upon European and North American culture and philosophy …

The 1900s Medicine and Health: Chronology1900: The U.S. Army's Yellow Fever Commission identifies the mosquito as the carrier of the deadly disease.1900: Trichinosis, a disease caused by a worm …