1. Life at the turn of the 20th century

2. 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

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

4. 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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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

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

16. 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

18. 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