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The Second Industrial Revolution
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Everett Shinn is born
Everett Shinn was an artist and a playwright who was born in New Jersey. Though Shinn usually depicted scenes from the theatre, he also depicts the dreary aspects of life using the style of urban realism he was taught by his friend, John Sloan. He moved to New York to stay a newspaper and magazine illustrator, later developing his talents to portray more scenes of the theatre in a different style after traveling to England and France -
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Congress passed this act to help workers, which made it illegal to form trusts that disrupted free trade. This backfired on the workers, whose strikes were accused of disrupting free trade. -
Samuel Margolies is born
Samuel Margolies was born in Brooklyn, New York and became an artist, writer and a teacher. Best known for his work in New York skyscraper and the people who built them, he exhibited his works in the 1939 New York World's Fair, Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Library of Congress. Margolies was a part of Society of American Etchers, American Artist's Congress, and American Veterans Society of the Arts. -
The Spanish-American War
War breaks out between Spain and the U.S. when the USS Maine sanks in the harbor in Havana. -
Jolan Gross Bettelheim is born
She is said to have been born in Czecholovakia or Hungary. She moved to Cleveland, Ohio with her husband and submitted her art to annual contests and won. She worked in New York with mostly lithograph, which showed industrial subjects with little political overtones despite being a staunch Communist. When her husband died, she left the U.S. to Hungary in 1956 due to the anti-Communist atmosphere of McCarthyism. Her pro-Communist views isolated her in her own country. -
Out of a Job: News of the Unemployed is created
This painting is created by Everett Shinn -
The Archduke of Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, is assassinated
The assassination by Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, leads to World War I. -
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World War I
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Black Tuesday
The Stock Market crashes and the Great Depression hits the U.S. -
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The Great Depression
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Sino-Japanese War Begins
Japan starts an invasion in China via Manchuria. -
The House of UnAmerican Activities is established
This committee was used to investigate possible communist activists and activities and quash them. -
World War II
Germany invades Poland, prompting Britain and France to declare war two days later. -
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World War II
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Assembly Line (Home Front) is created.
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The Third Industrial Revolution (till present day)
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Men of Steel is created
In 1941, Men of Steel by Samuel Margolies is made. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack a U.S. base in Hawaii, pushing the U.S. into the war. -
V-E Day
Hitler commits suicide when the Russians reach Berlin, leaving Germany with only the choice of surrendering. -
V-J Day
Imperial Japan surrenders after the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. World War II ends, thus beginning the Cold War. -
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The Cold War (till 1991)
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Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
Communists in the country forced other coalition parties out of the government and set up mock elections to validate their victory. -
The Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb.
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Mao Zedong gains control of China
China becomes a communist state, increasing the fears of the U.S. -
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The Korean War (till present day)
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Everett Shinn passes away
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First Protest in Hungary against the Soviets
Freedom Fighters Rise in 1956 to protest Soviet Occupation. -
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Vietnam War
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Jolan Gross Bettelheim passes away
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Samuel Margolies passes away
