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Urban Technology -skyscrapers: Made Possible by 1. steel 2. elevators Louis Sullivan- 10 story Wainwright building in St. Louis Frank L. Wright- Flat Iron building, 285 ft bridges :Brooklyn Bridge electric transit systems :Trolleys, Subways, allowing transportation outside city limits -urban planning city parks: Restore serenity to Enviroment Frederick Olmstead: planned Central Park in NYC
Inventions -first flight, 1903 Wright Brothers kitty Hawk NC -air mail printing revolutions- Cheap Paper & 90% literate -photography George Eastman- Flexible Film, no more glass Kodak camera -radio Nikola Tesla, Marconi
Public Education -growth of public education - law, required school children to be in school weeks -most city children could attend school -increase in high schools ½ million -few opportunities for minorities 34% attended school, 1% attended HS
Higher Education -Morrill Act, Land grants for Agricultural Colleges -only small number of college students 2.3% -change in the curriculum of colleges b/c of Industrial Revolution. *Psy, modern languages -emphasis on sciences and professional schools
Literature and Art -realism Thomas Eakins Ashcan School -art galleries, public libraries -Samuel Clemens -Stephen Crane -Jack London -Dime Novels
Leisure Time -Amusement Parks Coney Island, NY pg st Roller Coaster bicycle craze freedom for women -tennis -Hershey bars Coca-Cola, Pepsi 1886 as a cure for headaches
Leisure Time -Amusement Parks Coney Island, NY -bicycle craze -tennis -Hershey bars -Coca-Cola, Pepsi
Sports/Entertainment -baseball -boxing -vaudeville, circus -ragtime music -motion pictures =77Z8A4lzUOQ&list=PLA9960FE A572C5D77
Sports/Entertainment -baseball -boxing -vaudeville: performance that included song & dance, juggling. Slapstick comedy, -circus: P.T. Barnum & Bailey “The Greatest Show on Earth -ragtime music -Tap: Bill Bojangles Robinson v=wtHvetGnOdM v=wtHvetGnOdM -motion pictures
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Sports/Entertainment - -ragtime music later leads to jazz… blues… rock & Roll -motion pictures 5Cent theaters called Nickelodeons
Mass Media -Dime Novels -Yellow journalism sensationalism promotions Increase Circulation of Newspapers -Joseph Pulitzer - Comics in Sunday Newspaper -William Randolph Hearst
Retail Revolution -shopping centers -special districts in urban areas -department stores -chain stores Woolworths -advertising -mail order catalogs Sears
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