1910's HISTORY WEB SEARCH

Adapted from an article by Gary Hopkins.

"Halley's comet lit up the sky to begin the decade. American workers began moving from farms to factories. The Ford Motor Co. refined the automobile assembly line. Traffic lights and white lane dividers became part of the American landscape. Scientific and technological achievements changed society. In 1911, in New York, fingerprint evidence alone was used for the first timein the United States to arrest a burglar. Jim Thorpe was an international sports star, but Tarzan was an even more popular hero." Explore the Web sites below to answer the following questions about our cultural history during the 1910's.