1. 1870—7 million kids in public schools 1920—22 million kids 1890—less than 1% of black teenagers went to high school because they weren’t allowed to. Public School Update Remember- 90% Literacy rate! High Schools in U.S. 1860-100 1900-6,000 1914-12,000

2. Lynching became popular again.  African-American Life in the Gilded Age and Beyond 1882 – 1892: more than 1,400 blacks were lynched without trial in the South.

3. Now called Jim Crow laws. Remember the Black Codes? Laws that called for segregation: separation of blacks and whites. 1896- Supreme Court Case: Plessy Vs. Ferguson Shockingly, the court ruled that the LA segregation laws did NOT violate the 14 th amendment As long as the train cars for whites and blacks were equal. From this case came the expression, “separate but equal.”

15. Booker T. Washington He believed the best way to end segregation was to work hard in your position and prove your worth to whites! He started the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

16. W.E.B. DuBois Blacks should not have to earn their equality! Demand Immediate Equality Now! Niagara Movement-1905 Civil Rights conference held in NiagaraFalls, NY. Talented Tenth- Top 10% of blacks would be successful and help lift the others up 1909- NAACP- Later they will play a crucial role in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

17. Prohibition Movement

18. 1920- 18 th Amendment passed- Banning Alcohol Prohibition( Temperance) Movement It was led mostly by Women!

20. What did People do for fun during the Gilded Age 1870s-1910? 1. Baseball 1 st World Series-1903 Boston Pilgrims beat the Pittsburgh Pirates

21. 2. Football 1 st game was in 1869 Rutgers vs. Princeton

23. 3. Basketball Invented by James Naismith in 1891 in Springfield, MA ( Birthplace of Mr. Empsall’s Father, Ken Empsall) or Invented by Mr. Empsall’s Great, Great Uncle or Something like that.

24. 4. Rise of Art Galleries

25. 5. Department Stores including chain stores- Woolworth’s was the most famous

26. 6. Catalog shopping 2 nd most read book behind the Bible in 1900

27. 7. Circus Barnum and Bailey began in 1871 Known as “ The Greatest Show on Earth” Ringling Brothers in 1884

28. 8. Saloons #1 hangout for working class men

29. 9. Parks NYC’s Central Park: Completed in 1873

31. Henry Ford of Ford Motor Company He perfected the assembly line process Each worker has one job to do and this sped up production and changed factories everywhere

32. Model T $360 “Any color you would like, as long as it’s black” 1910- 12 hours to build a Model T 1913- 90 Minutes How Much? Pre-Assembly LineAfter Assembly Line

33. William McKinley Assassinated by Leon Czolgosz Elected in 1896

34. Theodore ”Teddy” RooseveltSquare Deal- Help common people! 1.Trust-busting- govt. Breaking up monopolies 2. Ended Labor Strikes by forcing compromise “Speak Softly but Carry a Big Stick” 3. Cleaned up Food Industry- Meat Inspection Act-1906 4. Conservation- Established Wildlife refuges and 5 national parks. 1901-1909

36. William Howard Taft He was an even bigger trust-buster than Roosevelt, but doesn’t get the same credit given to him. 1913- 17 th Amendment-Called for direct election of U.S. Senators by the people. 1913-16 th Amendment- Legalized a “graduated” federal income tax- more you make, more you pay.

38. Government Reform Recall - Citizens collect signatures to try and remove elected official from office. If voters reach a majority, then the official is GONE!