Today, we did blog discussion. Jessica talked about the Wright brothers and how they invented the first airplane. One of the two dropped out of high school his junior year. They tested a few different kinds of planes and finally had one that flew for 12 seconds. The next one they invented flew for 5 minutes. The gov't bought a plane from them. Gaul talked about spectator sports. Baseball is just a third party game based on rounders. Lindsay talked aboot education. Blacks had to either homeschool their children or send them to a church building, one, because they didn't have the money, and two, because they were black. There was lots of discrimination against blacks everywhere, and the blacks were not equal to the whites. Ally talked about how blacks wanted a higher education. In one room school houses, teachers tried to teach the older kids first so the older kids could teach the younger kids. Teachers couldn't get married because then they would get pregnant and not be able to teach. Farm kids went as much as possible, but mostly just went through eighth grade because they had to farm. College was cheap. 40's to 50's 40% of people completed high school. 10% completed 4 years of college. More books, magazines, and newspapers because of mass production. Prices became cheaper. A black guy sat in a white only train car and he was put to trial for breaking a Loisianna segregation law. Skyscrapers became more popular with the production of steel. Reconstruction Act helped blacks with their rights.
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