Name the Decade
Instructions: Can you place these events, inventions, and cultural moments in the right decade? Test your knowledge of 20th-century history!
- 1.
When did the first color television sets become commercially available to the public in the United States?
A1960sB1940sC1950sD1970s - 2.
In which decade did astronauts first walk on the Moon?
A1980sB1970sC1950sD1960s - 3.
When did the Berlin Wall fall, reuniting East and West Berlin?
A1970sB1960sC1980sD1990s - 4.
In which decade did Elvis Presley first appear on The Ed Sullivan Show?
A1960sB1970sC1940sD1950s - 5.
When was the iconic Woodstock music festival held?
A1980sB1950sC1970sD1960s - 6.
In which decade was the microwave oven first sold for home use?
A1970sB1940sC1960sD1950s - 7.
When did the Watergate scandal force President Nixon to resign?
A1980sB1960sC1950sD1970s - 8.
In which decade did the first commercial jet airliner service begin?
A1970sB1950sC1940sD1960s - 9.
When did the Sony Walkman portable cassette player first go on sale?
A1960sB1970sC1990sD1980s - 10.
In which decade did the D-Day invasion of Normandy take place?
A1940sB1930sC1960sD1950s - 11.
When was the first successful human heart transplant performed?
A1950sB1980sC1960sD1970s - 12.
In which decade did the Hula Hoop become a nationwide craze in America?
A1970sB1940sC1950sD1960s - 13.
When did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur?
A1970sB1960sC1980sD1990s - 14.
In which decade was the first handheld mobile phone call made?
A1980sB1990sC1970sD1960s - 15.
When did the Marshall Plan begin providing economic aid to rebuild post-war Europe?
A1930sB1960sC1940sD1950s