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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IN 100 MOMENTS 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 1 8/6/15 3:34 pm 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 1 8/6/15 3:20 pm JJoobb::0066--6611224400 TTiittllee:: MMBBII -- 2200tthh CCeennttuurryy iinn 110000 MMoommeennttss Text DDttpp::LLYY PPaaggee::11 VJ DAY WARBONDS WOR GO ON SALE In 1851, London as the Great Exhi Industry of All Na the first world’s fai When the Great War (later known as World first large wave came during the 1840s and Gl’s in Palm Springs took V-J day in personnel and Villagers was the strange War I) erupted in 1914, the vast majority 1850s. Some two million had immigrated as industry and empi stride. News that it was all over and that quietness that prevailed Wednesday of Americans looked at it with a sense of recently as the last two decades of the nineteenth cutting-edge in World War II was at an end seemed and yesterday. It finally dawned on detachment and no interest in joining what century, settling in cities and on farms. German first to have little effect on the men them that there were no airplanes in were displayed w they saw as a strictly European conflict. In 1916, culture, arts, and institutions were thriving in and women in uniform when it was the skies. The two-day holiday was magnificent iro President Woodrow Wilson even successfully early twentieth-century America, including flashed Tuesday afternoon. First impact in effect. It was the first time in years called the Cryst campaigned for re-election with the slogan German-language newspapers, churches, of the news of the Japanese surrender that the drone of planes above the “He Kept Us Out of War!” But by the following theaters, and schools. However, as war raged, Gseemed to stun patiAents and personnel SVillage was no t heard. CAt Torney CRrystal Palace year, the United States had been drawn into the anti-German hysteria swept the nation, and at Torney General Hospital and men General Hospital the news came just nations began to largest and deadliest war the world had yet seen, anything German was suspicious. Both the and women at the sth OTU air base as supper trays were being prepared fairs. Philadelph here. A.startling reaction to air base for evening service on the wards and siding with the British and French against the mainstream American society and federal and Germans. Once involved, Americans reached for state governments worked to repress German new heights of nationalism. All Americans were American culture. Many towns changed their expected to support the war effort. The federal German names, such as Berlin, Michigan, which government opened its first-ever propaganda became Marne. Countless German street names bureau. Most forms of dissent were banned. It in cities and towns across the country were also was even against the law to advocate pacifism. For changed. Many major orchestras refused to play German Americans, this created a particularly music by German composers such as Richard difficult circumstance. Germans are the single- Wagner or even Beethoven. School districts largest group of ethnic immigrants in American throughout America banned teaching the history, more than seven million having arrived German language. German words were scrubbed since the founding of the United States. The from popular culture: frankfurters became hot SECRETARIAT WINS 19TH AMEN THE INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS THE TRIPLE CROWN WOMEN ALLOWE ng World War I, German Americans ienced substantial repression as hysteria rippled through society. At the nation’s first women’s rights hold u ng World War II, however, German convention, held in 1848 in Seneca After icans fared much better than before, In 1969, horse owner Penny Chenery down Chenery’s first five applications. Falls, New York, delegates approved a wome as the United States again fought brought two of her thoroughbred mares, Her secretary, Elizabeth Ham, finally Declaration of Sentiments that, among Anth any. This time, it was Japanese Hasty Matelda and Somethingroyal, submitted a sixth name, which she had other things, advocated suffrage for found icans who bore the brunt of wartime to Claiborne Farms in Kentucky. Each come up with herself, and it gained women. The movement gained steam Assoc oia after Japan’s attack on Pearl would be mated with Bold Ruler, one of approval: Secretariat. After losing his until it was overwhelmed by growing The g or. And the levels of oppression the nation’s premier studs. But instead two-year-old debut on July 4, 1972, sectional tensions. The women’s movement amen faced reached new and frightening of taking cash payment for his services, Secretariat reeled off eight consecutive was centered in the North, and many right ts. Severe anti-Asian racism was Bold Ruler’s owners would take one victories (though he was disqualified advocates were also active in the antislavery and e ommonplace in America. Japanese of the offspring. Who chose first was in one), including several important movement. As war neared, many men of A icans, even those born here, were to be determined by a coin flip. Bold preps for the Kentucky Derby. He was in the antislavery movement pressured hodg seen as “foreign.” After Pearl ALI Ruler’s owners won the toss, and they named the two-year-old horse of the women to put the suffrage question on a rest or, anti-Japanese racism fueled fears chose the filly that would come from year. Secretariat began his three-year-old Japanese Americans would spy for Hasty Matelda. That meant Chenery season with two impressive wins before FLU KILLE got the colt born from Somethingroyal losing a third; it turned out he had an the following March. A bright-red abscess in his mouth. After healing, chestnut horse with three white socks, he was ready for the premier events in Pthe colt stillA had no nameN after its first AAmerican hoMrseracing, the TripleA Crown DeaCth InA the WNar birthday, as the Jockey Club had turned races: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness THE GREATEST 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 2 8/6/15 3:34 pm 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 2 14/10/15 11:13 am JJoobb::0066--6611224400 TTiittllee:: MMBBII -- 2200tthh CCeennttuurryy iinn 110000 MMoommeennttss Text 10-C74777 DDttpp::LLYY PPaaggee::22 Y WORLD’S FAIR OPENS IN ST. LOUIS ARCHDUK FERDINAN In 1851, London hosted an event touted American city to host one in 1876. Visitors could spend days at a world’s fair, ASSASSINATE as the Great Exhibition of the Works of Atlanta, Boston, and New Orleans which was part museum, part carnival, Industry of All Nations. Better known as followed suit during the 1880s. As part theater, and part chest-thumping the first world’s fair, it was a celebration of the twentieth century neared, world’s nationalism. Popular activities included Ever since the recent Balkan war Servia industry and empire. During that summer, fairs became increasingly popular in the staring at futuristic gadgets, wandering has been the center of a PanSlavic cutting-edge industrial technologies United States and imperial nations of through the massive fairgrounds, and propaganda against Austria. This were displayed within a massive and Europe. They provided host cities and marveling at ostentatious architectural propaganda culminated on June magnificent iron-and-glass structure nations a chance to showcase their wealth, achievements. For example, the Eiffel 28th of this year in the assassination called the Crystal Palace. After the culture, and industrial might. Millions Tower of Paris, the Space Needle of of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir Crystal Palace exhibitions, various of tourists flocked to these sprawling Seattle, and Balboa Park of San Diego all to the Austrian throne, and his wife. CRISIS nations began to hold their own world’s events, which for several months offered debuted at world’s fairs. The first Ferris Austria accused Servia of encouraging fairs. Philadelphia became the first a variety of mesmerizing entertainment. wheel appeared at the 1893 Chicago fair. conspiracies against the dual monarchy, anNd, in effecIt, of Xabetting Othe assassinNatio RESIGNS PRESIDEN AMENDMENT In May of 1973, Congress began holding its own hearings, which were broadcast live on TV and radio. Nixon resisted every step of the way. Eventually, the US Supreme Court ordered him to hand over secret audio recordings made in the Oval Office. When they finally showed up, ALLOWED TO VOTE crucial sections had been “accidentally” erased. IPn July of U1974, the HNouse of ReKpresentatives voted to impeach President Nixon on charges men’s rights hold until the evil of slavery was banished. in Seneca After the Civil War ended in 1865, activist approved a women again raised the issue. Susan B. that, among Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton suffrage for founded the National Woman Suffrage ained steam Association (NWSA) in May of 1869. Punk music and culture has its roots in the United by growing The group advocated for a constitutional YOU HAVE MAIL States and Great Britain. One of the earliest and n’s movement amendment guaranteeing women the most influential places was southeast Michigan. The h, and many right to vote. During the late nineteenth Stooges, fronted by singer Iggy Pop, and the MC5 he antislavery and early twentieth centuries, the map were hard-driving rock bands that played loud many men of American voting rights became a and fast while sneering at the delicacies of hippie culture. Spurred on by anger and testosterone, they nt pressured hodgepodge. Many states offered women challenged audiences instead of pandering to them. question on a restricted franchise, allowing them to Iggy Pop’s confrontational stage antics included wild contortions, screaming, dancing and/or KILLED MORE THAN WAR fighting with the crowd, nudity, and cutting himself on stage. By the mid-1970s, New York City had become a hub for the new movement. In particular, the club CBGB (which, oddly enough, originally ANAL OPENS was an acronym for country, bluegrass, and blues) the War Total 27,789 —Death from Flu 82,306 featured bands such as the denim- and leather-clad Ramones, who played loud, stripped-down rock music. Meanwhile, Great Britain was developing its own punk scene. While the music was similar, British punk sometimes featured overtly political lyrics and developed a fashion sense of ripped denim, leather and studs, piercings, wild hair colors, and the iconic Mohawk haircut. In 1979, English band the Sex Pistols released perhaps the most influential punk album, Never Mind the Bollocks, 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 3 8/6/15 6:10 pm 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 3 14/10/15 11:13 am JJoobb::0066--6611224400 TTiittllee:: MMBBII -- 2200tthh CCeennttuurryy iinn 110000 MMoommeennttss Text 10-C74777 DDttpp::LLYY PPaaggee::33 © 2015 Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. Text © 2015 Heather Rounds and Akim Reinhardt First published in 2015 by Zenith Press, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc., 400 First Avenue North, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA. Telephone: (612) 344-8100 Fax: (612) 344-8692 quartoknows.com Visit our blogs at quartoknows.com All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the copyright owners. All images in this book have been reproduced with the knowledge and prior consent of the artists concerned, and no responsibility is accepted by producer, publisher, or printer for any infringement of copyright or otherwise, arising from the contents of this publication. Every effort has been made to ensure that credits accurately comply with information supplied. We apologize for any inaccuracies that may have occurred and will resolve inaccurate or missing information in a subsequent reprinting of the book. Zenith Press titles are also available at discounts in bulk quantity for industrial or sales-promotional use. For details contact the Special Sales Manager at Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc., 400 First Avenue North, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN: 978-0-7603-4743-0 Digital edition: 978-1-62788-667-3 Hardcover edition: 978-0-76034-743-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rounds, Heather. The twentieth century in one hundred moments : a visual history / Heather Rounds and Akim Reinhardt. pages cm Includes index. ISBN 978-0-7603-4743-0 (plc w/jacket) 1. United States--History--20th century--Pictorial works. 2. United States--Social life and customs--20th century-- Pictorial works. 3. United States--Civilization--20th century. I. Reinhardt, Akim D. II. Title. E741.R68 2015 973.91--dc23 2015009518 Acquiring Editor: Elizabeth Demers Project Manager: Madeleine Vasaly Art Director: James Kegley Cover Designer: Brad Norr Layout Designer: Kim Winscher Endpapers: Library of Congress Printed in China 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 4 8/6/15 3:34 pm 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 4 14/10/15 11:13 am JJoobb::0066--6611224400 TTiittllee:: MMBBII -- 2200tthh CCeennttuurryy iinn 110000 MMoommeennttss Text 10-C74777 DDttpp::LLYY PPaaggee::44 CONTENT S INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 CELEBRITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 LIVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 STRUGGLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 TRIUMPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 CODA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 5 8/6/15 3:34 pm 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 5 8/6/15 3:20 pm JJoobb::0066--6611224400 TTiittllee:: MMBBII -- 2200tthh CCeennttuurryy iinn 110000 MMoommeennttss Text DDttpp::LLYY PPaaggee::55 INTRODUCTION The twentieth century has often been called the American bulbs replaced oil-burning lamps, cars and trucks replaced Century, and understandably so. Perhaps no nation has so horses, and improvements in public health and education thoroughly dominated world economy, culture, and politics the enhanced daily life for many. way the United States did during the 1900s. In only a hundred As a nation, the United States was also expanding at years’ time, the country transformed itself from an upstart a dizzying rate, both in size and in population. Four states industrial power, tentatively competing with vast European were admitted to the union in 1889 alone, and another three empires, to the world’s only true superpower, an international would be added before century’s end, putting forty-five stars force so dominant that no other nation could imagine on the ever-changing flag. Meanwhile, huge new waves of competing with it. In many ways, the twentieth century is a immigrants, mostly from Europe, had begun arriving in 1880. story about the rise of the United States, of its victories and This flood of humanity would not slow substantially until the innovations, of its success and influence. early 1920s, by which time more than twenty-three million However, in the year 1900, America’s spectacular rise was new Americans had arrived. hardly a foregone conclusion. The British and French empires By 1898, US ambitions had moved beyond North America. were reaching their peaks of glory, wealth, and power. And That year, the United States initiated a major overseas war while other empires, such as the Spanish, Ottoman, and for the first time. After picking a fight with Spain, it easily Austro-Hungarian, were in decline, they had been important defeated the once-mighty European power, whose formerly players on the world stage for many centuries and retained massive empire had been crumbling for centuries. After much of their prestige. coasting to victory, the United States poached some of Spain’s Meanwhile, the United States bubbled and percolated on remaining colonies in the Caribbean and the Pacific: Cuba, the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, out of sight and, to some Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. degree, out of the minds of European imperial powers. Though With this aggressive overseas expansion, the United States growing larger all the time, the United States as a nation was put the European empires on notice: no longer just a collection barely a century removed from having been nothing more than of former British colonies, America was now a world power to thirteen rural, cash-poor colonies among the British Empire’s be reckoned with. The United States was poised to capitalize numerous overseas possessions. Indeed, many Americans on its recent growth, and the battering of Spain would prove a themselves did not believe the United States was yet capable of harbinger of American expansion and success in the century playing a dominant part in world affairs, or even that it should. to come. And the tale of its meteoric rise during the twentieth century is With hindsight, it is apparent that the classical empires also one of frequent struggle and more than occasional setback. such as the Ottoman Empire and Czarist Russia, with their As Americans approached the twentieth century, they roots in the feudal systems of the medieval era, were looked around and saw a country in flux. What had once been struggling to modernize and failing to do so in important ways. a nation of farmers and small-town craftspeople was changing, None of the Eurasian empires would survive the Great War, as as more and more people lived in bustling cities and worked in World War I was then known. industrial factories. The rate of urbanization was unrelenting, Other, more industrial imperial powers—such as and the 1920 census would reveal that, for the first time, a the French and British empires, which emerged during the majority of Americans lived in cities. seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the upstart Technological innovations and discoveries also began to German and Japanese empires, which began flexing their fundamentally change the way Americans lived their lives. Light muscles in the late nineteenth century—were successfully 6 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 6 8/6/15 3:34 pm 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 6 14/10/15 11:14 am JJJJoooobbbb::::00006666----66661111222244440000 TTTTiiiittttlllleeee:::: MMMMBBBBIIII ---- 22220000tttthhhh CCCCeeeennnnttttuuuurrrryyyy iiiinnnn 111100000000 MMMMoooommmmeeeennnnttttssss TTeexxtt 10-C74777 DDDDttttpppp::::LLLLYYYY PPPPaaaaggggeeee::::6666 transitioning into modern nation-states. However, they Along the way, American scientific innovations and discoveries too were on borrowed time. Wedded to visions of empire helped modernize the world. that were rooted in the age of sail, their commitments to With the Cold War winding down during the late 1980s— aggressive expansion would soon draw the world into conflict first after the USSR’s loss of control over its communist yet again. All would either be utterly destroyed or severely satellite states in Eastern Europe and then with its own crippled by 1945. collapse in 1991—the American Century would conclude At the conclusion of World War II, the United States with the United States standing solo as the world’s only true bestrode the globe like a colossus. While every other superpower. It seemed that there was simply no one left to developed nation had suffered the ravages of invasion, the compete with it in a meaningful way. United States emerged stronger than ever. The only real But the twentieth century was not an unbroken train competition it faced was from the successor state to the old of American successes. Many people faced tremendous Russian Empire. The communist regime of the Union of Soviet obstacles. Natural disasters, economic calamities, and warfare Socialist Republics (more often referred to as the USSR or claimed countless victims. Sometimes Americans turned on Soviet Union) had been America’s uneasy ally against Nazi each other. Racism, sexism, and economic exploitation drove Germany, but relations between the two nations deteriorated wedges in society, granting privilege to some and gravely quickly after the war. harming others, sometimes irreparably. The ensuing Cold War between the two sides was Americans often worked hard to triumph over the occasionally fierce. And before long, the Soviet acquisition obstacles, whether circumstantial or self-inflicted, that of nuclear arms guaranteed that any actual warfare between confronted them. Not everyone witnessed tangible gains, them would likely result in a suicidal draw. Fortunately, and most improvements were incremental, slowly accruing direct armed conflict never materialized. Instead, the two over time. Nonetheless, by the end of the century, the superpowers competed by building up their militaries, nation had made tremendous strides toward overcoming gathering important allies, and extending their influence over its historical hurdles, at least to some degree, and in the smaller nations of the world. recognizing other problems worthy of its peoples’ attention Despite the fear and bravado on both sides, the Soviet and effort. Union was never actually in a position to compete seriously However, no sooner had Americans started looking back with with the United States economically. Inheriting a broken pride on what many proclaimed to be “their” century than they economy from the Russian czars, absorbing tremendous were forced to struggle against dark forces on September 11, damage during World War II, and mired in its own inefficiencies 2001. A harsh reminder of life’s frailties, the tragedies of that and corruption, the USSR perpetually lagged far behind day brought Americans together while simultaneously exposing America’s vast engine of wealth generation. the nation’s differences and vulnerabilities. Likewise, Soviet culture never captivated the world to The American tale is still being written. And as their anywhere near the degree that American culture did during ongoing story unfolds in the twenty-first century, Americans the second half of the century. Tightly monitored by an are revealing something they have in common with the authoritarian government, Soviet culture was often stern, rigid, Americans of a hundred years prior. They are showing predictable, and sparse. Meanwhile, all across the globe, themselves to be determined to discover and innovate, to people watched Hollywood movies, listened to American jazz share and be heard, to struggle and triumph, and to create and rock-and-roll, and craved Coca-Cola and Levi’s jeans. better lives. —Heather Rounds and Akim Reinhardt 7 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 7 8/6/15 3:34 pm 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 7 8/6/15 3:20 pm JJJJoooobbbb::::00006666----66661111222244440000 TTTTiiiittttlllleeee:::: MMMMBBBBIIII ---- 22220000tttthhhh CCCCeeeennnnttttuuuurrrryyyy iiiinnnn 111100000000 MMMMoooommmmeeeennnnttttssss TTeexxtt DDDDttttpppp::::LLLLYYYY PPPPaaaaggggeeee::::7777 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEBBBBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY In 1601, William Shakespeare wrote: “Some are born exploits of a celebrity requires having disposable income great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness for new leisure activities and products, such as tickets thrust upon them.” to professional sporting events and the movies, or for In Shakespeare’s time, greatness was equated with expensive new gadgets, such as radios and TVs. fame. People might have become famous in different Another factor was the rise of cities. New urban ways, as the Bard pointed out, but fame itself was centers soon became hubs for popular culture. And predicated on the idea of “greatness.” That is, people people at the top of the new pop-culture heap, particularly were famous because they were important. They mattered. entertainers such as athletes, musicians, and actors, For most of human history, usually only a few people in became nationally famous. Eventually, some celebrities each generation achieved fame. And they became famous would become famous for no other reason than having the because they were powerful and influential members of desire and opportunity to have their picture taken. society. Their actions were consequential. Politicians, Newfound fame afforded some celebrities, and more generals, religious leaders, and a select few who deeply often the astute businesspeople connected to them, influenced society in other ways were widely known for the opportunity for newfound wealth. Movie studios what they had done, or what they had the power to do. promoted their stars. Sports teams profited as daily Indeed, there have always been famous people. But to newspapers covered their players’ every move. Radio be famous is not exactly the same as being a celebrity. collected sponsorship money from companies looking To be a celebrity is to twist the age-old formula of fame. to associate with the latest singer or actor. Modern Instead of being famous for having done something of celebrity meant not only wide recognition, but also the consequence, most modern celebrities become famous potential for tremendous wealth. And so fame became without fulfilling this prerequisite. In fact, many celebrities an end in and of itself, not just the by-product of having will never do anything important at all. And while some of done something significant. them will go on to do important things, it is being famous As the twentieth century opened, the United States in the first place that gives celebrities the opportunity was pioneering a new path to fame. Ballplayers and actors to be influential, the exact opposite of someone who could now rub elbows in the newspaper with presidents and becomes famous because of significant action. popes. As US wealth, power, and prestige grew, particularly Modern celebrity, as such, is a fairly recent after World War II, American celebrities were often famous phenomenon. Before the twentieth century, very few worldwide, which has remained the case ever since. people were famous without accomplishment. But as the Here in the twenty-first century, other countries have 1900s dawned, a series of developments made modern developed their own cities and popular cultures that celebrity possible—and even promoted it. create their own celebrities. International soccer stars Of vital importance was the rise of mass media. First routinely make headlines around the world, not just for came national magazines in the late 1800s, followed their play on the field but for whom they date and marry. in rapid succession by radio and motion pictures. All of The world’s largest film industry is not in Hollywood, but these new media, including, eventually, television, helped “Bollywood” in Mumbai, India. K-pop, the Korean popular create one large national audience instead of thousands culture that is wildly popular across most of East Asia, of local ones. New technologies made it possible for produced global celebrity singer Psy, whose music video individuals all across the United States to idolize the for the song “Gangnam Style” was viewed over two billion same musicians, athletes, or movie stars as their fellow times on YouTube in less than two years. Americans a thousand miles away. The American system of celebrity is now a global The growth of the American economy and the rise phenomenon. And it all began right here, at the start of of the middle class were also essential. Following the a new century. 8 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 8 8/6/15 3:34 pm 61240 - 20th Century in 100 Moments_001-115.indd 8 14/10/15 11:14 am JJoobb::0066--6611224400 TTiittllee:: MMBBII -- 2200tthh CCeennttuurryy iinn 110000 MMoommeennttss Text 10-C74777 DDttpp::LLYY PPaaggee::88

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