120 likes | 126 Views
Life at the Turn of the 20 th Century. Technology & Science. Skyscrapers (Wainwright Bldg – Louis Sullivan) Electric Streetcars Airplanes (Wright Brothers) Photography (George Eastman). Education. Opportunities increased Increase in public high schools Increase in Catholic schools
E N D
Technology & Science • Skyscrapers (Wainwright Bldg – Louis Sullivan) • Electric Streetcars • Airplanes (Wright Brothers) • Photography (George Eastman)
Education • Opportunities increased • Increase in public high schools • Increase in Catholic schools • Women’s colleges are built • Black Colleges (Howard, Fisk)
Controversy over Education & African Americans • Booker T. Washington • Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute • Blacks should learn useful skills • W.E.B Du Bois • Founder Niagara Movement • Blacks should get a college education to provide leadership
Segregation & Discrimination • Voting Restrictions in South • Literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clause • Jim Crow Laws –segregated the races • Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) – “separate but equal”
Violence Against Blacks • Lynching
Leisure • Working hours declined 1860: 70 hrs/wk 1900: under 60 hrs/wk • Amusement Parks (Coney Island) • Movie Theatres • Sporting Events • Concert Halls, Dance Halls, Vaudeville Houses