Culture of the 20th Century

The 20 th, Century has seen many cultural changes, and many world changing events and technologies. Not only has the map of the world been drastically altered, the mixture of cultures has enabled cultural exchange at an unprecedented level. Further technological advances have made changes in fashion, access to technology, and upward mobility possible that were impossible in times past.

The following are resources on key cultural events of the 20^th century.

1900-1909

• San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 – One of the worst and first highly publicized Earthquakes.
• 1905 Russian Revolution – Precursor to the Revolution that resulted in the Soviet Union.
• Culture of the 1900s

1910-1919

• Woodrow Wilson – Urged America toward entering the First World War, and advocated the Federal Reserve, as well as the League of Nations.
• The Bolsheviks & World War I – Insight to the Bolshevik Coup, and the rise of Leninism.
• The Ballroom Decade – Culture of the 1910s
• Culture of the 1910s

1920-1929

• The Roaring Twenties – The era of prohibition, and the Jazz Age
• 1920s Film – Flappers & Feminism
• The 1929 Crash – The Roaring Twenties Come to an End.
• Culture of the 1920s

1930-1939

• The Great Depression – Cultural and Economic Events of the 1930s
• The Dustbowl – A Photographic Journal
• The Great Purge – Communism turns against even its closest supporters.
• Culture of the 1930s

1940-1949

• From Neutrality to War – The Debate between the Internationalists & Interventionalists
• Winston Churchill – Champion of the Great Republic.
• The Firebombing of Dresden – The Civilian Toll of Modern Warfare
• Culture of the 1940s

1950-1959

• The Postwar H-Bomb Debate – The cultural impact of the Atom Bomb
• Bobby Socks & Poodle Skirts – 1950s Fashion & Culture.
• Culture of the 1950s

1960-1969

• The Vietnam War – Yesterday and Today
• The 1960s – Literary Tradition & Social Change.
• Culture of the 1960s

1970-1979

• The Woodward & Bernstein Papers – A close look at the Watergate Scandal
• Star Wars: A Myth For our Time – A look at the first major Sci-Fi Film.
• The Nixon Tapes – An overview of the Impeachment of Richard Nixon.
• Culture of the 1970s

1980-1989

• 1984 – The Macintosh Brings the Personal Computer Home
• The Fall of The Berlin Wall – The End of the Cold War
• Reaganomics – The Economics of Globalization and Deficit Spending
• Culture of the 1980s

1990-1999

• The World Wide Web – The 90s give birth to the Internet Age
• Final Report of the Independent Council – The facts behind one of the most famous impeachment trials ever
• The 1991 Coup – The Dissolution of the Soviet Union & the End of Sovietism
• Culture of the 1990s

Written by Michael S. Atwood