Decades of the 20th century in color

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The 1930s

from the Great Depression to The wizard of Oz
2006
Explores events and developments during the 1930s in the areas of politics, science and technology, arts and entertainment, sports, fashion, and lifestyles.

The 1970s from Watergate to Disco

2006
Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1970s, including science, technology, environmental issues, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.

The 1960s

from the Vietnam War to Flower Power
2006
Traces the events, trends, politics, and important people of the 1960s, including lifestyles, fashion, arts and entertainment, sports, environmental issues, and technology.

The 1950s

from the Korean War to Elvis
2006
Chronicles some of the major events and people from the 1950s including the Korean War, Elvis Presley, television sitcoms such as "I Love Lucy, " rock and roll, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights movement.

The 1940s

from World War II to Jackie Robinson
2006
Discusses the fashions, fads, politics, advances in medicine and technology, people, and world issues that made the 1940s a unique time in American and world history.

The 1910s from World War I to ragtime music

2006
Examines the events and developments that shaped the second decade of the twentieth century in the U.S., covering social issues, domestic and foreign politics, fashions and fads, arts and entertainment, sports, science and technology, and medicine.

The 1900s from Teddy Roosevelt to flying machines

2006
Presents a brief profile of the events, trends, and important people of the 1900s, covering science, technology, medicine, politics, sports, the arts and entertainment, lifestyle, fashion, and fads.

The 1990s from the Persian Gulf War to Y2K

2006
Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1990s, covering science, technology, environmental disasters, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.

The 1980s from Ronald Reagan to MTV

2006
Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1980s, covering science, technology, environmental disasters, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.

The 1920s from Prohibition to Charles Lindbergh

2006
Examines the events and developments that shaped the 1920s in the U.S., covering social issues, domestic and foreign politics, fashions and fads, arts and entertainment, sports, science and technology, and medicine.
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