Section 3 A Changing Culture
Emma Lazarus… “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” This is found at the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
Education??? 1865 – Most attended school for 4 years 1914 – Most states required kids to have some schooling. 80% of all kids attended elementary or secondary schools
Morrill Act Gave states large amount of federal land that could be sold to raise money for education.
Booker T. Washington Founded Tuskegee Institute in 1881 What was its purpose? To educate and train teachers and to provide practical education for African Americans
George Washington Carver A scientist…. Developed products such as plastics, synthetic rubbber, shaving cream, and paper…..all from? the peanut
Native Americans’ Education Reservation schools and boarding schools trained for jobs….but they were isolated from their tribal traditions
What is a philanthropist? Who was one in a previous chapter? Andrew Carnegie
2 Newspaper Publishers Joseph Pulitzer He created a new kind of newspaper that grabbed a reader’s attention by using illustrations, cartoons, and huge and scary headlines.
William Randolph Hearst Yellow Journalism The exaggeration of dramatic or gruesome aspects of a story
realism – sought to describe the life of real people regionalism – writing that focused on a certain region of the country
John Philip Sousa Wrote rousing marches including…. “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
Jazz and Ragtime Music Became popular in New Orleans, LA in the late 1800s by African Americans Ragtime music was populized by Scott Japlin
How did people spend their leisure time? watching baseball first World Series in 1903 football English gave of rugby tennis/golf - wealthy
Dr. James Naismith Invented the game of basketball in 1890s
Thomas Edison made the first “moving pictures” later called….. nickelodeons