Decades Mega-Sites

• 20th Century History By the Decades from the Chico High School Library
• 20th Century History - Springfield High School Library
• Timelines of History
• History Channel. From the Home Page - Search by Timeline
  Select 1900-1999, the next page will let you select a decade.
• A Century of Inventions 1900-1999 -Significant inventions made every year from the tractor in 1900 to Tekno Bubbles in 1999. From About's Guide to Inventors.
• Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America (1935-1955) - This Gottscho-Schleisner Collection is comprised of over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures.
  
• Dining Through the Decades - An entertaining overview on popular trends in American cuisine from the 1900s through the 1990s. Includes recipes from each decade.
• 20th Century American History - This website breaks down the 20th century by decade and provides links to accounts of important events, people and cultural phenomena from that decade. Particular attention is paid to the role of the United States' Presidents for the each time period.
• American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century - The purpose of these pages is to present a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century. The pages are being prepared by the Reference Librarians. Period pictures used are those of the family of the web author(s).
  

The 1930's

• 1930's Project
• 1930's- (Multnomah County Library)- links to the Dust Bowl, The Great Depression, The New Deal, Social Security, and the Lindenburg Baby Trial.
• Timelines of the World - (History Channel). From the Home Page - Search by Timeline
  Select 1900-1999, the next page will let you select a decade.
• America in the 1930s - This site is an attempt to shed light on that decade and emphasize its importance in American thought and culture. We have elected to view the 1930s through the lenses of its films, radio programs,
  literature, journalism, museums, exhibitions, architecture, art, and other forms of cultural expression.
• 20th Century American History - This website breaks down the 20th century by decade and provides links to accounts of important events, people and cultural phenomena from that decade.
• Yahoo! The 1930's
  
  
  
  

The 1940's

• The 1940's (Multnomah County Library) - Japanese Internment Camps, World War II,
  European Recovery, the Marshall Plan.
• Timelines of the World - (History Channel). From the Home Page - Search by Timeline
  Select 1900-1999, the next page will let you select a decade.
• 20th Century American History - This website breaks down the 20th century by decade and provides links to accounts of important events, people and cultural phenomena from that decade.
• Yahoo! The 1940's
  

The 1950's

• The 1950's (Multnomah County Library) - Civil Rights, Cold War, McCarthyism
• Timelines of the World - (History Channel). From the Home Page - Search by Timeline
  Select 1900-1999, the next page will let you select a decade.
• The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s - This searchable site features an extensive, roughly alphabetical list of links and readings on the American 1950s, and links to Cold War sites.
• 20th Century American History - This website breaks down the 20th century by decade and provides links to accounts of important events, people and cultural phenomena from that decade.
• Yahoo! The 1950's
  

The 1960's

• The 1960's (Multnomah County Library) - Civil Rights, Cold War, Martin Luther King Jr.,
  Appollo Space Missions, Equal Rights Movement, Vietnam War.
• Timelines of the World - (History Channel). From the Home Page - Search by Timeline
  Select 1900-1999, the next page will let you select a decade.
• JFK-Dallas, November 22, 1963 - Provides news stories, personal perspectives, maps and photographs, and audio and video relating to U.S. President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination.
• The Psychedelic '60's - Produced by the University of Virignia Library, this resour ce offers a wealth of historical information on 1960's America. Site focuses on "literary tradition and social change" with narratives and images of the Vietnam War, Beat poets, rock music, civil rights movement, Woodstock and more.
• 20th Century American History - This website breaks down the 20th century by decade and provides links to accounts of important events, people and cultural phenomena from that decade.
• Yahoo! The 1960's
  

The 1970's

• The 1970's (Multnomah County Library) - Jonestown Masacre, Kent State Shooting,
  Symbionese Liberation Army, Vietnam War and Watergate.
• Timelines of the World - (History Channel). From the Home Page - Search by Timeline
  Select 1900-1999, the next page will let you select a decade.
• 20th Century American History - This website breaks down the 20th century by decade and provides links to accounts of important events, people and cultural phenomena from that decade.
• Yahoo! The 1970's
  

The 1980's

• The 1980's (Multnomah County Library) - Fall of Communism, Iran- Contra Affair, Ronald
  Reagan
• Timelines of the World - (History Channel). From the Home Page - Search by Timeline
  Select 1900-1999, the next page will let you select a decade.
• 20th Century American History - This website breaks down the 20th century by decade and provides links to accounts of important events, people and cultural phenomena from that decade.
• Yahoo! The 1980's
• American Cultural History 1980-89
  

The 1990's

• The 1990's (Multnomah County Library) - Columbine High School Shooting, Oklahoma
  City Bombing, and Persian Gulf War
• Timelines of the World - (History Channel). From the Home Page - Search by Timeline
  Select 1900-1999, the next page will let you select a decade.
• 20th Century American History - This website breaks down the 20th century by decade and provides links to accounts of important events, people and cultural phenomena from that decade.
• American Cultural History 1990-1999