Life at the turn of the 20th century

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Life at the turn of the 20th century

Growth of public schools Literacy was necessary for economic and social success Moving towards compulsory education One room schoolhouses Immigrants placed a high value on education LITERACY!!!! Whites and Blacks had different schools

One-room school, Marion County, WV about 1900 Bourbon county Kentucky

Higher Education Hundreds of new colleges and universities opened Aimed at providing young people the skills needed in a new industrial economy College enrollment doubled between 1890 and 1919 Availability of higher education began to distinguish the US from other industrialized counties

Stanford- leleand stanfod University of Chicago- andrew carnegie gave 75 million

Vaudeville Inexpensive variety show Comic sketches based on racial humor (minstrel shows), song, dance, magic, animals, jugglers, etc…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZo4imTt4Og

Movies 20th century movies became popular New technologies led to longer, better quality, and more elaborate movies The Great Train Robbery (1903)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oTdPklBE0Y

The Circus Introduction of the circus train in 1872 Annual visit of the circus

Amusement Parks Technology of the trolley led to the development of amusement parks Cony Island Luna Park

Sports Baseball was the most popular Groups of teachers, police, and firefighters would form their own teams Teams formed leagues and this became an economic venture Basketball was invented in 1891 Football was beginning to gain popularity

Cincinatti Red Stockings 1869 James nasmith creation of “womens rules”

Readings Newspapers- became a source of entertainment not just news Yellow journalism Magazines- congress passed a law lowering postal rates making magazines more popular and cheaper Popular fiction- inexpensive books The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Music The Negro Spiritual- African American folk songs that became popular among whites Ragtime and Jazz- origionated among black musicians in the south, includence by new orleans

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