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History homework...need to compare 1908 with 2008! Help! Good sites? Information?

I'm not looking for timelines of 1908. I need to directly compare 1908 with 2008 in nearly every aspect of life. I also have to have a subtopic. Mine is going to be technology/inventions or medicine. Do you know of any sites where I can find this stuff, or do you know anything about it first hand? Thank you!!

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1. well i guess you can go to google.com ,ask.com , wikianswers.com hope this can help u and good luck!
2. In 1908, there were no tv's, no computers, no microwaves, most people did not have cars, there was no such thing as plastic. People wore much more conservative clothes. People didn't have refrigerators, they had an ice box where they actually had a block of ice to keep the food cold. People did not fly on commercial airplanes. There were no contact lenses. Most families had a family doctor who came over to your house when you needed him. Some common diseases included diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis, smallpox, measles, mumps and rubella. Most of those diseases have been wiped out now by vaccinations. Antibiotics, such as penicillin, would have been something they only dreamed of. In the early 1900's they didn't have injections or anesthesia. Most of the remedies were home made or store bought items.