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Modernist Literature Timeline

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  • Mark Twain Writes "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

    Mark Twain Writes "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

  • Period: to

    Modernist Eras

  • Invention of the Telephone

    Invention of the Telephone

    Alexander Bell improved the way of communicating more conveniently.
  • Typewriter Invented

    Typewriter Invented

    Made by Christopher Latham Sholes, he had an idea, like no other, to transfer letter characters onto paper.
  • Louisa May Alcott Writes "Little Women"

    Louisa May Alcott Writes "Little Women"

  • Andrew Johnson Impeached

    Andrew Johnson Impeached

  • Wyoming Passes First Womens' Suffrage Act

    Wyoming Passes First Womens' Suffrage Act

  • Invention of the Ferris Wheel

    Invention of the Ferris Wheel

    George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. wanted to build something larger than the Eiffel Tower. When made and developed for entertainment it was a pleasant feeling of freedom and liberty for people.
  • Civil Rights Act Creates Tensions

    Civil Rights Act Creates Tensions

    States that no citizen can be denied equal rights to public facilities.
  • Mark Twain Writes "Tom Sawyer"

    Mark Twain Writes "Tom Sawyer"

  • Charles Egbert Craddock Writes "In the Tennessee Mountains"

    Charles Egbert Craddock Writes "In the Tennessee Mountains"

    A collection of local color stories.
  • Invention of the "Horseless Carriage"

    Invention of the "Horseless Carriage"

    Henry Ford was the inventor of the first car that he intended for everyone's benefit, No matter what their class he wanted a car to make everyone's dreams into reality. The US became even more well known for their atonomy.
  • Wright Brother's First Flight

    Wright Brother's First Flight

    No one had ever imagined a man flying. But after the Wright Brothers flew their plane successfully public opinion changed. Their accomplishment has changed transportation up until this present age and for years to come.

  • Robert Perry becomes first to reach the north pole

  • Hailey's Comet

  • Earnest Rutherford discovers structure of an atom

  • The Incan city of Machu Picchu is discovered

  • Chinese Revolution

  • Titanic Sinks

  • WWI Begins

  • U.S. joins in WWI

  • Coco Chanel

    Coco Chanel

  • New ammendments put into affect

    New ammendments put into affect

    The 18th Amendment (Prohibition Amendment)
    The 19th Amendment (voting rights for women) goes into effect.
  • World’s first commercial radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh

    World’s first commercial radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh

  • The start of the Flapper

  • Margaret Sanger forms the American Birth Control League.

    Margaret Sanger forms the American Birth Control League.

  • The Cotton Club

    The Cotton Club

  • Broadway

  • Louis Armstrong

  • Invention of the T.V

  • Richard Byrd makes the first flight over the North Pole.

  • Charles Lindbergh

    Charles Lindbergh flies The Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris, traveling 3600 miles in 33 and a half hours.
  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie

  • Great Depression (Date Varies)

    Great Depression (Date Varies)

  • Not Without Laughter (1930)

    Not Without Laughter (1930)

  • Invention of Radio Telescope

    Invention of Radio Telescope

  • Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston