Most states had established public schools by the Civil War. Most kids did not go to high school. Students were required to attend at least 12-16 weeks of school per year. Kindergartens schools jumped from 200 to 3,000 in 1910. By the early 1900s more than half a million students attended high school. in 1880 only 34% of colored students attended elementary school compared to 62% white children. Adult immigrants attended night school to learn English and help them qualify for their American Citizenship. Only 2.3% of Americans attended colleges or universities. Southern states passed laws limiting African American legal equality. Only people that could read could vote. Separated whites and blacks in all public and private facilities. The supreme court ruled on May 18. 18--. Legalized segregation for almost 60 years. Usually African Americans were humiliated and belittled black. Racism was across the entire nation. Blacks and Chinese were sent to separated neighborhoods. Mexicans usually built the railroads because they were used to the weather conditions. In 1880 more than 100,000 Chinese immigrants lived in America. First movie was "Horse in Motion." Amusement parks started in Medieval Europe. They came to the united states in the 1800s. In 1894 Paul Boynton Chutes opened the first amusement park in the US. Disneyland was created in 1955.
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