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Public schools were training grounds for employment. Most states had school by Civil war. They went to school for 12-16 weeks and teacher used harsh physical punishments to lay down the law. Kindergartens started as daycare for working moms' kids. By early 1900 more than half a million kids attended high school. More whites attended school than colored. Immigrants were encouraged to attend school. College and University attendance quadrupled from 2.3% in 1880-1920. Public education is a foundation in democratic ideals. Short period African Americans had rights then white people attacked then and other minorities lost rights. Voting tests were unfair to Blacks. Southern states passed segregation laws. They separated Whites and blacks for everything. Homer Plessy was a black that got some rights back. Federal laws set a doctrine that it could be separate but equal but most of the time this was not the case. People tried to get rid of successful blacks. People Lynched blacks. African Americans were just treated unfairly. Discrimination happened in the South but also the North. Many racial groups lived in the west but there was discrimination there too. People excluded Chinese. They had Xenophobia. xenophobia=fear of foreigners. Entertainment: Barnum and Baileys Circus. 1825 the Canvas circus tent was invented. 1885 Barnum bought jumbo his elephant. Baseball was huge. Movies started to come out at this time. First Movie was called The Horse in Motion. Amusement parks started also. They started as a hang out area and then they started to have rides. The business slowed way down during the depression and picked back up again after WWII. Disneyland and Six Flags started when people got bored of average amusement parks.
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