HISTORICAL PRESENTATION

DIANBING & DOUG 1900’s- 1910’s

The 1900’s1900

• Carrie Chapman Catt succeeds Susan B. Anthony as president of National Woman Suffrage Association

• The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) is founded

• The Association of American Universities is founded

• Hurricane ravaged Galveston, TX killing 6,000 – 8,000

• Compulsory laws

Did you know. . .

The US currency went on the gold standard in 1900.

Yale unanimous college FB national champion.

Did you know. . .

The US currency went on the gold standard in 1900.

Yale unanimous college FB national champion.

•President William McKinley assassinated. Theodore Roosevelt sworn in

•First Community College in US opens in Joliet, IL as Joliet Junior College

•College Board introduces its first standardized test, the precursor to the SAT

•Australia becomes a commonwealth

•Queen Victoria dies

•First Nobel Prizes awarded

•First trans-Atlantic radio signal

Did you know. . .

In 1901, Memorial Day was first observed in the United States . Michigan wins their first college FB championship.

Did you know. . .

In 1901, Memorial Day was first observed in the United States . Michigan wins their first college FB championship.

The 1900’s1901

• Boer War Ends

• Mount Pelée Erupts

• Bureau of the Census is established

Did you know. . .

In 1902, the teddy bear was first produced, named after President Theodore Roosevelt.

Did you know. . .

In 1902, the teddy bear was first produced, named after President Theodore Roosevelt.

The 1900’s1902

• Wright brothers first Flight at Kitty Hawk

• Henry Ford organizes Ford Motor Company

• The Workers' Educational Association (WEA) is founded

• First License Plates Issued in the U.S.

• First Message to Travel Around the World

• First Silent Movie, The Great Train Robbery

Did you know. . .

In 1903, the first Major League Baseball World Series was played. The Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Did you know. . .

In 1903, the first Major League Baseball World Series was played. The Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The 1900’s1903

• First popular American film

• Panama Canal Zone acquired by US for $10 million

• New York City Subway opens

• Russo-Japanese War begins

• Trans-Siberian Railway completed Did you know. . .

In 1904, the Olympics are held in the United States for the first time in St. Louis, MO.

Did you know. . .

In 1904, the Olympics are held in the United States for the first time in St. Louis, MO.

The 1900’s1904

• "Bloody Sunday" leads to Russian Revolution of 1905

• The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is founded

• Florida State College is reorganized as a college for women, becomes coeducational in 1947 as Florida State University

• Industrial Workers of the World is founded in Chicago

• Albert Einstein proposes his theory of relativity

• Sigmund Freud publishes his theory of sexuality

Did you know. . .

The first movie theater opened in Pittsburgh, PA in 1905.

Did you know. . .

The first movie theater opened in Pittsburgh, PA in 1905.

The 1900’s1905

• The University of Wisconsin offers extension courses in engineering

• Finland first European country to give women the right to vote

• Theodore Roosevelt negotiates Treaty of Portsmouth, receives Nobel Peace Prize

• President Roosevelt simplifies spelling, Simplified Spelling Board

• The Dreadnought launched

• San Francisco earthquake

• Upton Sinclair writes The Jungle

Did you know. . .

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden broadcasted the first radio program from Massachusetts.

Did you know. . .

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden broadcasted the first radio program from Massachusetts.

The 1900’s1906

• Ten Rules of War established at the Second Hague Peace Conference

• Oklahoma becomes the country's 46th state

• Home Economics becomes a university department

• First electric washing machine

• Pablo Picasso Introduces Cubism

• Typhoid Mary captured for the first time

• Financial crisis sparks the Panic of 1907 in the US

Did you know. . .

In 1907, radiometric dating found the earth to be 2.2 billion years old.

Did you know. . .

In 1907, radiometric dating found the earth to be 2.2 billion years old.

The 1900’s1907

• Italian earthquake kills 150,000

• Petroleum production starts in Middle East

• The Tunguska Event: A huge and mysterious explosion in Siberia

• President Roosevelt holds White House Conservation Conference, which leads to establishment of the National Conservation Commission

• Three year-old Pu Yi becomes Emperor of China

• SOS accepted as universal distress signal

• Turks Revolt in the Ottoman Empire

Did you know. . .

Henry Ford developed the first Model T in 1908. It sold for $850.

Did you know. . .

Henry Ford developed the first Model T in 1908. It sold for $850.

The 1900’s1908

• President Roosevelt holds White House Conservation Conference, which leads to establishment of the National Conservation Commission.

• National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls is founded

• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching defines a "college“

• Robert Peary Becomes the First to Reach the North Pole

• NAACP Is Founded by W. E. B. Du Bois

• Japan's Prince Ito is assassinated

• Japan begins 36-year occupation of Korea

Did you know. . .

German bacteriolist Paul Ehrlich found a cure for syphilis in 1909. Also, plastic was invented.

Did you know. . .

German bacteriolist Paul Ehrlich found a cure for syphilis in 1909. Also, plastic was invented.

The 1900’s1909

• Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, becomes immigration center for Asians entering U.S.

• J.D. Rockefeller Jr. retires from US Steel and Standard Oil to devote full time to being a philanthropist through the Rockefeller Foundation

• First issue of "Crisis" published by editor W E B Du Bois, the official magazine of the NAACP

• Flexner Report published by the Carnegie Foundation

• Boy Scouts of America established in U.S.

• Mexican revolution begins

Did you know. . .

In 1910, the first middle school opened in Berkley, CA. The Tango first catches on in 1910.

Did you know. . .

In 1910, the first middle school opened in Berkley, CA. The Tango first catches on in 1910.

The 1910’s1910

• Katherine Gibbs founds Gibbs College in Rhode Island as first institution for the career education of young women

• The Chinese Revolution of 1911

• Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of an atom

• The Incan City of Machu Picchu is discovered

• Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole

• Standard Oil Company broken up

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches on fire

Did you know. . .

The first Indianapolis 500 was in 1911 and the Mona Lisa was stolen (it was found two years later).

Did you know. . .

The first Indianapolis 500 was in 1911 and the Mona Lisa was stolen (it was found two years later).

The 1910’s1911

• Piltdown Man, the "Missing Link," discovered (Fraud)

• The Titanic sinks

• New Mexico and Arizona are admitted as states No. 47 and 48

• Girl Scouts of America founded by Juliette Gordon Low

• Woodrow Wilson is elected presidentDid you know. . .

The Oreo cookie was introduced in 1912.

Parachutes were invented in 1912.

Did you know. . .

The Oreo cookie was introduced in 1912.

Parachutes were invented in 1912.

The 1910’s1912

• Edward Lee Thorndike's book, Educational Psychology: The Psychology of Learning, is published

• Sixteenth Amendment (income tax) and 17th Amendment (popular election of U.S. senators) adopted

• Bill creating U.S. Federal Reserve System becomes law

• Los Angeles Owens Valley Aqueduct opened

• First crossword puzzle in the New York World

• End of the Philippine-American War

Did you know. . .

Henry Ford developed the first moving assembly line in 1913.

Did you know. . .

Henry Ford developed the first moving assembly line in 1913.

The 1910’s1913

• Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Austria

• Congress creates Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act.

• The Smith-Lever Act establishes a system of cooperative extension services connected to land grant universities and provides federal funds for extension activities.

• Charlie Chaplin first appeared as the Little Tramp

• First traffic light installed in Cleveland, OH

• Panama Canal Officially Opened

• World War I Begins

Did you know. . .

The University of Wyoming Department of Education was formed in 1914.

Did you know. . .

The University of Wyoming Department of Education was formed in 1914.

The 1910’s1914

• The Superior Court in Fulton County, Ga. accepts the charter for the establishment of the new Ku Klux Klan

• The National University Continuing Education Association is formed

• The Association of American Colleges and Universities founded

• D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation released

• Germans use poison gas as a weapon

• Lusitania sunk by German U-Boat

• Second Battle of Ypres and Armenian Genocide

Did you know. . .

The one millionth Ford automobile rolled off the assembly line in 1915.

Did you know. . .

The one millionth Ford automobile rolled off the assembly line in 1915.

The 1910’s1915

• Albert Einstein completes his mathematical formulation of a general theory of relativity, which includes gravity

• John Dewey's. Democracy and Education. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education is published

• The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is founded as is the American Educational Research Association (AERA)

• U.S. National Park Service in the Department of the Interior is created by act of Congress

• Jeannette Rankin first woman elected to Congress

• Easter Rising in Ireland

Did you know. . .

Bill Carlisle, the infamous last train robber, robbed a train in Hanna, Wyoming on April 21, 1916.

Did you know. . .

Bill Carlisle, the infamous last train robber, robbed a train in Hanna, Wyoming on April 21, 1916.

The 1910’s1916

• U.S. Enters World War I when the first U.S. combat troops arrive in France as U.S. declares war on Germany

• The Smith-Hughes Act passes, providing federal funding for

agricultural and vocational education in public schools for adults and youth above the age of fourteen

• In 1917, the National Education Association (NEA) was reorganized to better mobilize and represent teachers and educational staff

• First adult education course offered at Teachers College, Columbia University, NY

• First Pulitzer Prizes Awarded

Did you know. . .

The famous “I Want You” poster featuring Uncle Sam was created in 1917 by James Montgomery Flagg.

Did you know. . .

The famous “I Want You” poster featuring Uncle Sam was created in 1917 by James Montgomery Flagg.

The 1910’s1917

• President Wilson's Fourteen Points, which assures citizens that that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe

• First full time state supervisors of adult education appointed in New York and South Carolina.

• 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

• Russian Czar Nicholas II and His Family are Killed Did you know. . .

Daylight Saving Time first went into effect in 1918.

Did you know. . .

Daylight Saving Time first went into effect in 1918.

The 1910’s1918

• Treaty of Versailles ends World War I

• The 18th Amendment is adopted establishing prohibition

• Race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities during the course of the year, including Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Omaha

• The Progressive Education Association is founded with the goal of reforming American education

• The 19th Amendment passed the house and senate giving U.S. women the right to vote. Ratified by States in 1920

• New School for Social Research opens

Did you know. . .

Dial telephones were first introduced in 1919 by American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)

Did you know. . .

Dial telephones were first introduced in 1919 by American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)

The 1910’s1919

• Maturation of a nation and multiplication of its AE institutions

• Education promote the development of the industry

• Women’s rights in education continue to developed

• Women won the right to vote

The 1900’sHighlights

• Socialist movement spreads through the education of workers• National Women Trade Union League organized first training

of women union organizers• Society of American Indians formed to promote and reform

Indian education• Push for “Americanism” and immigrant education• Military training• Government distribution of public information• University extension expands• “Red Scare” investigated individuals allegedly spreading

German propaganda

The 1910’sHighlights

Questions

• Describe the impact of WWI on the development of Adult Education?

• What role did the government have in expanding adult education in preparation for WWI?

• What impact did the media have on Adult Education in the era building up to and during WWI?

• How is immigration important to Adult Education in the 1900’s?• In what ways did Adult Education lead to prohibition?• Do you think that it is necessary to pass the compulsory laws? If

so, what influences did it bring to the adult education?• What is Hull House? What are its influences of adult education in

1900-1910? • What are the roles that adult education played in the

development of industry?