1890s
Men's fashion- three piece suits and vests.
Fads- board games because of their increased free time. Bicycles.
Inventions- Jukebox, escalators, shredded wheat, tractor.
World fairs- Omaha in 1898 to show development of East coast. Nashville in 1897 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tennessee joining the Union.
Famous people- Thomas Edison
Presidential election- Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland.
Largest collapse
Spiraled into a depression
4 million unemployed
1900’s
Popular Music and Movies -
Arthur Collins, Haydn Quartet, Billy Murray, Edward Meeker, Snow White, The Three Musketeers, Tom Sawyer, The Life of Moses.
Golf
Bobby Jones
PGA is established in1901
Tennis
Popular Music and Movies -
Arthur Collins, Haydn Quartet, Billy Murray, Edward Meeker, Snow White, The Three Musketeers, Tom Sawyer, The Life of Moses.
Sports -
Golf
Bobby Jones
PGA is established in 1901
Tennis
Davis Cup introduced in 1900
Baseball
American League formed in 1901
Made up of 8 original teams
World Series in 1903
Olympics
1900
1904
Fashion and Fads
Men -
Dressed up
Normally wore a suit
Consisted of 3 pieces
Wore coats to specific occasions
Dark colors
Neck ties
Wore hats
Slicked hair
Middle part
Mustache
Women -
Corset
Long dresses
Feet
Wore more tailored instead of frilly
Blouses and long skirts
Big sun hats
Simplicity
Bold makeup was thought to be very unclassy
Inventions -
Air conditioning
First flight
Plastic
Electric Washing Machine
Assembly Line Production
Famous People -
Babe Ruth
Mark Twain
Wright Brothers
Henry Ford
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Comments
You need to break all your notes into weeks.