Video/Movie Viewing Sheet                                                           Name:______________________
Teacher: Mr. Cap              Movie Title: Incredible Moments of the 20 th Century

1910-1920

1. what were replacing horse-drawn street cars? _________________________________

2. Name 3 inventions by Thomas Edison. ______________________________________

3. How long did the first flight last? __________________________________________

4. Which president was assassinated at the Pan-American exposition? _______________

5. What happened in San Francisco in 1906? ___________________________________

6. What happened to women in 1919? _________________________________________

7. Who was Hollywood’s first western star? ____________________________________

8. Who became the king of comedy? __________________________________________

9. During WWI, who was coming “over there?” _________________________________

10. What day and hour did the Germans surrender? ______________________________

1920-1929

1. In the 20’s, what was the “law of the land?” __________________________________

2. What gangster seemed “beyond the law?” ____________________________________

3. What was the first commercial broadcast station in radio? _______________________

4. Which trial was broadcast live? ____________________________________________

5. Who was the first to reach the North Pole? South Pole? _________________________

6. What was the name of Lindberg’s plane? ____________________________________

7. What collapsed in 1929? _________________________________________________

8. What did FDR declare? __________________________________________________

9. What did FDR mean by “I think its time for beer?” ____________________________

10. Who was the greatest labor leader of the decade? _____________________________

11. Where were the 1936 Olympics held? Who was the country’s leader? ____________

12. Name the black sprinter who proved Hitler wrong? ___________________________

13. What title was he given? ________________________________________________

14. What did FDR say about war? ____________________________________________

1930-1939

1. Because of the “Great Crash” how many were out of work in 1932? _______________

2. People took to the streets selling _____________________, _____________________,

3. What sprang up around city dumps? ________________________________________

4. Unbelievable winds turned the plains into ___________________________________.

5. How many farmers made the “great trek” to California? ________________________

6. What hit the cities of Pittsburgh and Johnstown? ______________________________

7. What did FDR bring with him? ____________________________________________

1940-1949

1. On what date did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor? ____________________________

2. FDR said that date will “live ______________________________________________.

3. Name the two fronts the U.S. fought in WWII. ________________________________

4. What happened to Mussolini and his mistress? Hitler? __________________________

5. What was Japan’s most lethal weapon? ______________________________________

6. On which date and city was the first Atomic bomb dropped? _____________________

7. Who accepted the Japanese surrender? Name the battle ship. _____________________

8. Which generation grew up in front of the TV? ________________________________

9. How many TV viewers were there by 1947? __________________________________

10. In your opinion, how did WWI differ from WWII? ___________________________

11. Why were the number of deaths and casualties higher in the second war? __________

1950-1959   1. What war began in the early 1950’s? Who led the war?_________________________

2. How many Americans and Chinese were killed? ______________________________

3. Who led the anti-Communist witch hunts and black listed many? _________________

4. In the 1950’s, who became queen of England, Princess of Monaco, married Eva Gardener,
enlisted in the army, and married the Shah of Iran? ______________________

5. Name 4 1950’s TV shows. ________________________________________________

6. Who developed the Polio vaccine? _________________________________________