Happy Monday??  Grab supplies & complete your warm up  Warm Up: Midterm Review G3 P8  We are going to finish G7 today  G7 test tomorrow…

Building Trends  40% of Americans lived in cities What do we call the rapid building of cities?  Urbanization  Steal construction = taller buildings = elevators  Skyscrapers: Symbolize a rich & wealthy society  Department Stores: Chain stores that sold many of the same goods & used mail order catalogs Ex: Sears & Woolworths

Between Chicago grew from 17 sq. mi. to 178 sq. mi. Boston grew from 5 sq. mi. to 39 sq. mi.

Transportation  Electricity changed how American got around in the cities Who invented the lightbulb?  Thomas Edison Who created the electrical distribution system?  George Westinghouse  Street cars & commuter trains are being used  Cities expand out…to the suburbs

Henry Ford’s Model T  Model T Model T  Used the assembly line to create the 1 st mass produced automobile – the Model T Only came in Black  Affordable – easier transportation – nation of new drivers…  The Ford plant was the first factory to be integrated!!

Printing  Low printing costs & newspapers became affordable  More people reading Changes in education help this too – more people can read  Yellow Journalism: Type of press using sensationalism & exaggeration to get people’s attention = increased paper circulation William R. Hearst & John Pulitzer  Muckrakers used yellow journalism

Airplane  Kitty Hawk, NC: The Wright brothers have the 1 st successful airplane flight  1 st flight: 120 feet & 12 seconds No one really paid attention…  Within 2 years, the gov’t. noticed its usefulness & contracted its services for airmail.  1st Flight 1st Flight

Leisure Time  The camera was invented by George Eastman Eastman Kodak…  New inventions made life easier & people have more free time…what are we doing?? Silent movies, world fairs, boxing, circus, variety shows, baseball games, riding bikes, going to amusement parks…  1904 World Fair - St. Louis 1904 World Fair - St. Louis  The Cyclone The Cyclone  Hershey’s, Pepsi, & Coca-Cola are big hits  People are spending money

 Turn of the Century Advertising

Music  New styles of music are being heard…  John Phillips Sousa: Popularized marching band music 76 Trombones  Scott Joplin: Made ragtime piano popular The Entertainer

Shopping  We are becoming consumers Buying manufactured products (like we do today)  Department stores offer a large variety of products  Mail order catalogs make shopping easy & convenient  Products are advertised