1 / 11

Life at the Turn of the 20 th Century

Explore the dynamic era of technological advancements, educational shifts, racial controversies, segregation struggles, and leisure activities in the early 1900s. From skyscrapers to educational debates to leisure destinations, witness the multi-faceted realities of daily life.

blackburn
Download Presentation

Life at the Turn of the 20 th Century

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Life at the Turn of the 20th Century

  2. Technology & Science • Skyscrapers (Wainwright Bldg – Louis Sullivan) • Electric Streetcars • Airplanes (Wright Brothers) • Photography (George Eastman)

  3. Education • Opportunities increased • Increase in public high schools • Increase in Catholic schools • Women’s colleges are built • Black Colleges (Howard, Fisk)

  4. 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

  5. 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”

  6. Violence Against Blacks • Lynching

  7. 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

  8. Coney Island, NY

  9. Regent Theatre, NYC (1913)

More Related