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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.
1,555 Questions
What war took place during the decade of 1900-1909?
1. (Second) Boer War (1899-1902)
2. Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
What did the houses look like in the 1900s?
In the 1900s houses looked like they were old and they were either made of wood or brick. The houses had a small bit of room but in the attic and the basement it was big.
What did kids have for lunch in the early 1900s?
children ate fruit, beef, turkey, duck, cheese, bread, tea, water, chocolate, soup, muffins,pies pastries and vegetables. they ate mostly what we eat today. Of course they didnt eat all of these things in one meal.
What were popular types of transportation in the early 1900s?
Trains, bicycles, walking, in some places stagecoaches and horses were still very necessary, etc.
Automobiles were still very expensive and often considered highly dangerous (they frightened horses and startled pedestrians), so they were rare and generally unpopular with most people.
Why did the Great Migration of the early 1900s cause racial tension?
- African Americans were moving to the North to work in factories study island sucks
How did electricity change cities in the early 1900s?
Workers were able to more easily commute to their jobs while living outside the center of the city.
What age did people get married in the 1900s?
Women were usually married at the age of 19 in the early 1900's, while men waited until they had a career and a steady income, so usually 28 or so.
When did berkshire aero park in pittsfield ma exist?
1903, it was located between east and Newell streets
Who was Thailand's government leader in the 1900s?
It was King Chulalongkornuntil his death in 1910, and then his sons ruled, solitarily of course, until the Siamese Revolution in 1932.
Did children have to go to school in the early 1900s?
Children were required to attend school back in the 1800's.Mississippi
was the last state to enact a compulsory attendance law in 1917.
How would you characterize the expansion of industry throughout europe during the early 1800's?
page 645 of world history book by McDougal Littell, the paragraph which it says Expansion Throughout Europe.
What was entertainment in the early 1900s?
They danced, played marbles,played cricket,went on picnics with family's.
