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Decade - 1900s
This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 1900's.
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What occupations became popular among women in the 1900s?
In the early 1900s, some women worked in factories or as teachers (among many other things).
Apex-Secretaries and managers
What was central idea of titanic?
The largest steamship in the world at the time the Titanic
left Southampton, England, on its way to the New York City, under the command of Captain John Edward Smith.
The tragic story of the Titanic illustrates the danger and pure folly of constructing a huge ship without the necessary safeguards to protect passengers in case of disaster. The builder responsible for design and construction of the mega-ship admitted that the ship was made of iron and would definitely sink if damaged. He also said there were not enough lifeboats on board for more than half the passengers because some of the financiers thought the lifeboats would give the deck a crowded look.
Titanic collided with an iceberg at approximately 11:40 pm and sank at 2:20 pm, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime sea disasters in history. There were 2,228 people on board.
Lifeboat #7 was lowered first, on the starboard side, with only 28 people on board out of a maximum capacity of 65. The Titanic was built to hold 32 life boats, but carried only 20.
Many safety rules were neither practiced before the collision nor observed during the sinking.
Which stereotype did the minstrel shows of the early 1900s perpetrate?
African Americans as happy but lazy slaves
Who migrated to northern cities to work on assembly lines in new factories in the early 1900s?
African Americans
They made it very clear the rules of stat and national government powers
What led the creation of suburbs in the early 1900s?
Cars are responsible for suburban life. Before cars people lived in and around the city center. They could walk to downtown, shop, and go to government offices because they were living near them. With the invention of the car people didn't have to stay so near to downtown so they began to build further out. After the men came home from WW2 they wanted new homes for their young families away from the older rundown parts of town, so construction companies began to build vast neighborhoods for the families and because they didn't want to drive all the way to shop stores were built to sell to the new families. Schools were built and eventually malls were created with movie theaters, restaurants, and more stores. Today, some cities have gone back into the older sections, restored older homes and apartments, added outdoor cafes, and having events in downtown so the lost downtowns are becoming places to go and be seen.
In late 1900s how did agriculture change In the south?
Agriculture was modernized in the south in the late 1900s with the use of automobiles, trucks, and planes to transport crops all over the world.
Japan.
In the early 1900s who migrated to the northern cities to work on assembly lines in new factories?
African Americans
The problem that it was taking too much time handling cases all round the country.
What change took place among women in the early 1900s?
A large number of women became secretaries or managers.
What were the strengths and weaknesses of Britain in 1900?
Strengths
- Britain had the largest empire in the world - this was a source of economic strength for them as they had an abundance of resources which they could trade.
- Britain was industrialised - in 1900, Britain had undergone an industrial revolution. This meant Britain was a wealthy country as it was the first to have such a revolution.
- Large navy - the British navy was the largest in the world, twice as big as the next two biggest combined.
- In 1900, Britain was both politically and socially stable. There had been no revolution to overthrow the monarchy; instead, the gradual loss of power of the monarchy was evolutionary so caused no tension between social classes.
Weaknesses
- Parliament only allowed men, and women did not have the right to vote.
- Poverty was a large problem in Britain in 1900. Not only this, but there was extreme class division.
- There was a huge lack of social mobility (people could not move between classes, eg. from working class to middle class and vice versa - they were "trapped" by the class system
- There was no real welfare system - the "Poor Law" was ineffective.
- Low pay was a real problem - the working class were trapped in poverty.
- The Boer War - Britain did not perform well in the war, despite the size and apparent "advanced" nature of the armed forces. The war also showed a lot about the poverty in the country - 1/3 of recruits had to be turned away as they were so weak and undernourished due to lack of food as a result of low pay.
which factor limited the growth of union membership among the unskilled worker during the late 1800s and the early 1900s
How do the paintings compare in terms of their subject matter?
how do the paintings compare in terms of their subject matter
How many people born in the 1900's are still alive today?
Ethel Boswell Darden was born in 1900 and is still alive.
How much did cars cost in 1900?
Henry Ford sold his first Quadricycle in 1898 for $200. He sold another one in 1899 and the final one in 1900. It is difficult if not impossible to find out what most of these cars sold for as only the very rich bought them in 1900. The 1901 Oldsmobile sold for $650 which is equal to over $16,000 today.
