Did our presentation
1910's
Music: Operas, Blues, Classical, Little bit of pop was starting to emerge, Jazz and Ragtime
Musicians: Opera: Madame Sherry, Our miss Gioba, Naughty Marietta, Blues: Big Bill Broonzy, Charley Patton, and Blind lemon Jefferson, Classical: Franz Schmidt
Fashion: Loose fitted, Women wore more comfortable dresses, Men wore mostly what they call lounge suits, with jackets that were longer than the suit jackets today,
Fads: Ballroom dances, Movie theaters, Crossword puzzles
Sports: Golf, Cycling, Tennis, Baseball, Boxing
Black sox scandal: * players from the white soxs threw the 1919 world series, Eddie Cicotte, Oscar Felsch, Arnold Gandil, Joe Jackson, Fred McMillan
Elections: William Taft become the 27th president 1909-1913, Woodrow Wilson became the 28th president 1913-to the end of the decade
Living: 22 cents per hour, Workers made 200 and 400$, Life expectancy for men was 47 years, for women was 50-51 years
Prices: eggs: 14 cents per dozen, Coffee 15 cents a pound, Meat varied between 10 cents to 40 cents
Inventions: Oreo: 1912 by the national biscuit company, Stainless steel: invented by Harry Brearley, Blood banks: 1917, Gas mask
Facts: anything that was German was called liberty, Women helped a lot, Pigeons were important messengers, Dogs were used to defect mines
Flanders poppy field: John McCrae
Telling us about our next assignment and talking about the semester test
Chapter 6 1870-1920
Key questions
- Why did immigrants come to the US?
- Where did immigrants come from?
- What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got her?(Ellis/Angel Island)
- Why did some people want to put restriction on immigrants? What were those restrictions?
Why did immigrants come to the US?
- Push and pull factors
- Famine
- Land shortages
- Religious or political issues
- War
- In debt or in trouble
- More opportunities
Legal immigration statistics
- 2013- 990,553 people are granted lawful permanent residence in the United States
- Green Cards
- The top countries of origin are:
- Mexico
- China
- India
- Philippines
- Dominican Republic
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