Monday- No School
Tuesday- Mr Bruns went over all expectations and what he expects with notes, blogs and how your grade can be better.
Segregation
- Slavery/ Civil War/Reconstruction
-Scientfic racism (1600)
13th 14th 15th ammendment
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Jim Crow Laws
Grandfather Clause
Plessy v Ferguson- 1896
-Separate but equal
-Separate and unequal in reality
Lynching and viloence- KKK
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka Kansas- 1954 - got rid of segregation (about 20 years later)
Wednesday
- Did presentations over segergation
Explosive packages sent to Hillary and Obama
Then Mr Bruns showed many pictures showing segergation
Entertainment in the late 1800's and 1900's
- Circus 1871-2017 Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey'
The Barnum and Bailey - the greatest show on earth
Ringling Brothers- competing group
Thursday-
Amusment Parks- Coney Island 1903
Steeplechase- was the first opened in 1897-1964
2001 Baseball stadium was built
Dreamland- Coney Island, New York 1904-1911 It burnt down in 1911
Luna Park- Coney Island 1903-1944 and then again 1946-2004
Saltair- Great Salt Lake
Vaudeville Shows
Parks Central Park in NYC- 1857
Basketball
Dr James Naismith- The First Public game was in 1892
NBA did not start until 1946
There were collegs and proffesional leauges before NBA
1925- American Basketball League
1903 University of Wisconsin
1905 Idaho Vandals
1918 WWI- at a medical camp some us soliders
1921- celtics
Baseball
Invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839
Major League baseball became in in the late 1800's
National League-1876
American League- 1901
MLB-1903
Top 5 oldest teams
5: Cincinati Reds: 1882
4: Pittsburgh Pirates 1881
3: ST Louis Cardnials-1882
2: Chicago Cubs: 1876
1: Atlanta Braves: 1876
Football
Late 1800's college football become popular
NFl: would not start until the 1920's
Rules did not allow to carry or throw the ball more like soccer
Two teams of 25 attempted to kick the ball into opposing goals
Akron Pros won the first title and was orginated in 1908
Tennis and Golf and Boxing and Biking also popular sports
Music and Dancing
Worlds Fair- focused on showcasing and latest and greatest inventions and technology
Friday-
Music
-Ragtime, cakewalk, Tap dancing Bill bojangles Robinson
Then Mr Bruns assigned us a assigment
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