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1880's
Music: Days of 49, gold rush, 1881- Orchestra, no radio
Movies: Buffalo dance, Blacksmith scenes, Traffic crossing Leeds bridge
Sports: Baseball,Football
Fashion: woman: Long slim dresses, Men: suits and hats
Fads: Roller skating
World fairs: !883- Louisville, 1884- New Orleans, 1889 Buffalo International Industrial fair
Famous: Billy the kid shot by Sheriff Garret (1881), Mark Twain(Samuel Clemens), Buffalo bill
Politics and Presidents: Prohibition starts in Kansas, Wall street, President James Garfield shot by Charles Guiteau 1881
Interesting facts: Statue of Liberty from France, The first buffet was opened, Dr Pepper was created in Waco, Texas, there is no period after Dr, Coca Cola(1886), Cattle market in south St.Paul, Sold 363 cattle it's first day
Inventions: Electric flat iron by Henry Seeley (1882), Electric Fan by Skaats Wheeler (1882), First dishwasher by Josephine (1886), Coca Cola by John Pemberton (1886)
Minorities: Very racist, Separate seating, Whites would torture them, Reconstruction ended, Blacks could be on jury
Economy: Most jobs about 25 cents an hour, 60 hours a week, Railroads, Southern crops diversity, Investing in stocks is more popular
1890's
Fashion: Women: Skirts were becoming less full, Lace, beads and frills, Blouses and skirts become more common, tight arms and puffy hair, Men: Caps and hats, high button coats ascots
Fads: Bicycle craze (1893-1897)
Crazy quilts
Worlds fair in Chicago 1893: Wrigley's gum, Cracker jack, Spray paint, Dishwasher, Ferris Wheel- $395,000
Music: Daisy bell- Harry Darce (1892), The cat came back- Harry S. Miller, The band played on
Inventions: Zipper, Typewriter, X-ray, Radio, Cold cereal, Aspirin
African-Americans Civil Rights movement: 1896- Plessy v. Ferguson, Supreme Court decision that racial segregation is constitutional
Equal rights push for women: 1896- National Association od colored woman: 100 African american
Equal rights psuh for handicapped: First public school for the handicapped, Half the state passed laws declared marriages including handicapped
Movies: The haunted castle (1896), Cinderella(1899), The kiss (1896), The Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight
Sports: American football- (mix of Rugby Football and Soccer) Professional began in 1892, Touchdowns were 1 point, Deaths- people wanted it banned, Arizona Cardinals 1899, Association Football- Became more popular with middle class, Growth in big cities, Professional football collapsed, Baseball- Different from 1880's similar to now a days, !890- 3rd major league- players league, Boxing, Cricket, Golf, Horse racing, Ice hockey
Celebrities: Actors- Vincent Price, William Dickson, Mary Irwin, John Rice, Directors- William Dickson
Athletes: John L. Sullivan- Boxer, Ellen Roosevelt- Tennis,
Influentail: Andrew Carnegie, George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller
Food prices: 6 bread rolls- 5, Dozen eggs- 26, 16lbs of cheese: $2.62, 117.1 pounds of butter- $25,70
Wages: Minimum wage roughly 14c/hour- 50+ hours a week
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