Expanding public education before the 1800s education was for the wealthy, most states had public schools by 1865, many school aged children atil received no formal education worked in factories instead, between 1865-1895 states passed laws requiring 12-16 weeks annually of school
Segregation slavery/civil war/reconstruction
Scientific racism
13th/14th/15th amendments
Literacy test
Poll tax
Jim crow laws
Jim crow was a song and dance from 1828 that was done in blackface by white minstrel performer thomas dartmouth
Plessy v ferguson-1896
Basketball dr james naismith
First public game was in 1892, nba would not start until 1946, there were colleges and professional leagues before the nba, 1925
Baseball invented by abner doubleday in 1839, major league baseball became big in the late 1800s national league 1876, american league,1901,mlb 1903
Football late 1800s college football became popular,NFL would not start until the 1920s
1869 new jersey vs rutger college football game
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