1890’s Karen Edwards

Ragtime Music

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US Presidents Grover Cleveland 22 nd and 24 th President William McKinley 25 th President Benjamin Harrison 23 rd President

General facts that help set up the decade Population: 62,947,714

X-ray machine (1896) World’s largest locomotives (1895)

Henry Ford http:// Quadricycle

The States are growing... Wyoming – October 1, 1890 Utah – January 4, 1896 Hawaii – July 7, 1898 annexed

Roller Organ

Art Project Digital picture of Art piece

Theatre Poster Either created in Publisher or digitally photographed

Yosemite National Park estabilshed October 1, 1890

Bottled Coca-Cola Slogan - Drink Coca-Cola

1891 – Basketball invented The History of Basketball It all started with two peach baskets affixed to a 10-foot-high railing and with a soccer ball in a YMCA in Massachusetts Iron hoops and a hammock-style basket were introduced in James Naismith The first ever college basketball game was played on January 18, 1896, when the University of Iowa invited student athletes from the new University of Chicago for an experimental game. Final score: Chicago 15, Iowa 12

1895 – Volleyball invented William Morgan invented volleyball in 1895 at the Holyoke, Massachusetts, YMCA Originally called this new game of Volleyball, Mintonette Volleyball came about after a demonstration game of the sport, when a spectator commented that the game involved much "volleying" and game was renamed Volleyball.

1897 Boston Subway completed April 25-August 12, 1898 Spanish-American War Treaty of Paris ends war