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HistoryBuff: Search for resources and information about the American Revolution

Twentieth Century

Academy of Achievement: Extraordinary individuals who have shaped the twentieth century. It is an amazing collection, not of mere artifacts, but of people and ideas that fill you with inspiration, encouragement, and the will to achieve

The First Measured Century: A wealth of information on the 20th century

Twentieth Century: American Cultural History : A world tour through our ending century; 20th Century history, geography, economics, and the human condition

Modern World History: A sweeping survey of the 20th century

People's Century 1901-2001: From PBS, a timeline that details prominent world events; read eyewitness transcripts and listen to audio clips from the PBS television program

TIME 100: The Most Important People of the 20th Century: Photographs, biographies, sound

Timeline of the Twentieth Century: Articles, photographs, important facts and information

Toward the 21st Century

The Twentieth Century: A multimedia-rich site which connects young historians to the 20th century through articles, photos and video clips produced by the Associated Press. Each year from 1900 to 2000 is drawn out in a single, well-written article, offering students an overview of the past century they won't find anywhere else.

Twentieth Century in America: Links to cover the major events of the twentieth century.

USA History Page: Native American history, Colonial period, Revolution, Early Republic, 19th century, 20th Century

Yahoo Links to Historical Information about the Twentieth Century

Reference Sites to Help in Your Research

1upinfo.com: A free enclyclopedia to use for researching topics - SEARCHABLE by keyword

American Memory Learning Page of the Library of Congress: Historical collections of photographs, documents, motiion pictures, and sound recordings about American culture and history - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Biographies of Famous People Both Past and Present: - SEARCHABLE by keyword

The Biographic Dictionary: Covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day- SEARCHABLE by keyword

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z

Information Please: On-Line Dictionary; Encyclopedia; Almanac, and MORE

Who2: Find famous people biographies fast! This site also lists links to more information about each person. - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Links to Other History Sites That Might Also Contain Information About the Twentieth Century

American Memory Learning Page of the Library of Congress: Historical collections of photographs, documents, motion pictures, and sound recordings about American culture and history - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Historical Text Archive Archive: Collection of Essays about important events in history

History Buff: Resources about America's history - SEARCHABLE by keyword

History of the United States Complete Historical Archive: Directory listed in alphabetical order

Smithsonian National Museum of American History: Complete archived collections

PBS American History Magazine for Students

The American Experience / Wayback: Monthly online magazine aimed at middle school students which highlights historical events, topics, and persons in American history with articles, photographs, factoids and more.

Link to the History Channel

The History Channel: Each month the History Channel takes new explorations into the past and puts them on display for you, utilizing state-of-the-art interactive technology; listen to speeches drawn from the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the Twentieth Century. The History Channel Time Machine brings you to a different speech every day; trivia quiz; fact of the day; games

...in 1908 Henry Ford sold the first Model T Ford automobile?
...in 1913 Henry Ford installed his automobile assembly line?
...in 1916 the first self-service grocery store (supermarket) opened in Memphis, Tennessee?
...in 1920 radio station KDKA was the station to broadcast the presidential election returns?
...in 1929 the stock market crashed, leading to the Great Depression?
...in 1939 Dupont exhibited its first synthetic nylon stocking at the New York World's Fair?
...1961 was the year of the first transcontinental TV broadcast?
...in 1954 Jonas Salk developed an polio vaccine?
...in 1955 computers were first used commercially?
...in 1957 Elvis Presley popularized Rock-n-Roll music?
...in 1964 the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and other British music groups "invaded" America?

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