Section 2:
- Laws were passed during 1865 and 1895 that required studentsbetween 8-14 be in school at least 12-16 weeks.
- Children attended school at a younger age
- From 1880 to 1900 kindergartens rose from 200 to 3,000!
- Only 34% of African Americans attended school in 1880
- 64% were whites in 1880
- Half a million students attended school during the early 1900s
- Included courses science, social studies, and civics
- Racial Discrimination was horrible in the 1890s. Less than 1% of african american teenagers attended school.
- Only 2.3% of American attended Colleges and Universities
- 1880-1920 college enrollments quadrupled
- Out of 9 million african americans only about 3,000 people were attending colleges by 1900.
- - Booker T. Washington headed Tuskegee University. He believed racisim would end when blacks got useful labor skills and proved there economic value to society. -W. E. B. Du Bois was the first african american to get a doctorate from Harvard. He later went on and found the Niagra Movement.Niagra Movement insisted blacks to get a liberal art education. He wanted blacks to be well-educated leaders.
Section 4: New Ways to Sell Goods
- Earliest shopping center was open in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Marshall Field opened his own store in 1865. His motto was "Give a lady want she wants." He had that as a motto because he watched own women customers shopped.
- Chain Stores sold items for less.
- F.W. Woolworth chain boosted 596 stores by 1911.
- Advertising was big at the turn of the 20th century.
- Between 1865-1900 advertisement costs rose from $10 million to $95 million.
- 10 million Americans shopped by mail by 1910.
- The Post Office created a rural free delievery which brought every package directly to the persons home.
- 13 billion catologs across the United States filled peoples mail boxes by the mid 1900s
--How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
Students had to attend school longer, also the amount of kindergartens rose a whole 2,800 kids!
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