Basketball
- Dr. James Naismith
- First public game was in 1892
Baseball
- Invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839
- Major league baseball became big in the late 1800's
- Honus Wagner
Football
- Late 1800's college football became popular
- NFL would not start until the 1920's
Other Popular Sports
- Tennis
- Golf
- Boxing
- Biking - 1885
Protecting Social Welfare
- Set up settlement houses for poor
- Opened libraries
- Sponsored education classes
- Opened swimming pools
- Set up soup kitchens
- Slum brigades - teach immigrants
Promoting Moral Improvement
- Prohibition
- Carrie Nation
- Why ban alcohol?
Creating Economic Reform
- There was a major unbalance in income and how people lived
- Many turned to "socialism"
- Regulation of railroads
- Regulation of business (Sherman Act)
- Child labor laws
- Women and men working hours reduced
- Workmen's compensation
Muckrakers
- Muckrakers played a big role in bringing reform
- Investigative journalists
- Exposed the problem of society
- Upton Sinclair - The Jungle - meatpacking
- Ida Tarbell - Exposed the ruthless methods of the Standard Oil Company
- Lincoln Steffens - exposed corruption in gov't
Fostering Efficiency
- Scientific management to increase efficiency was used in factories
- Frederick Taylor - Time Management studies
- Assembly line
- Henry Ford paid workers $5 a day!
Reforming Elections
- States adopt secret ballot
- Direct Primary
- Initiative - a bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers
- Referendum - when voters accept or reject the initiative (bill)
- Recall - enabled voters to remove public officials from elected positiions
- 17th and 19th Amendments
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