We watched presentations again today.
Education changes during 1800s
- more women becam teachers
- john dewey helped reform the focus to the students at school
- john dewey invented the dewey decimal system
Education in 19th century
- political ideals in the 19th century also shaped a new support for the education of women
- gave women a better education- wanted them to have an education and go on to teach sons and daughter
- education became more important
- women's higher education in the US was a heavily debated subject
- they argued women were mentally unequal to men, and would not be able to comprehend or find use in higher education
- as many pros as critics for women's education
- Many women were expected to be educated for domestic work by their mothers after leaving any elementary schooling they may have had
- public schools took a huge growth during the 19th century
- many children who had never received any form of formal education began attending public schools
- many immigrants began attending public schools
education in 1900s
- many americans moved from farms to cities
- school years was 99 days long
- percentage of students graduating has inclined especiall in the earliest 20th century was the dramatic spike
Laws and restrictions on minorities after reconstruction
- during the reconstruction Era Africans were supposed to be treated equally but they still weren't. They still had less rights than whites even after the 13, 14, and 15 amendments which were made to help give them equal rights.
hard for them to gain land
- hard for them to own their own land for farming because whites had first priorites over them and they didn't have the money for it since they didn't get paid to be slaves
- land that produced crops was already taken so got land that was not as good
- blacks were not treated very well among a lot of people and organizations and this caused them to have a low economical position
KKK
- would killl an African's livestocks and would attack any African that owned land and would force them to work for their previous White landlords
- made life hard for Africans
- burned livestock, crops, and African Americans
- always wore white- very white supremisis
About 360,000 Union soldiers died trying to give Africans equality and they did not receive after the Civil War right away. ONe of the reasons war was fought was to free the slaves. They died for a purpose even though slaves didn't recieve rights immediately.
entertainment in late 1800s to 1900s
- develping movies was a big thing
- vacationing was starting to be common
- trains were big part in vacationing
- adults started ging to sporting events
- kids read books, started playing marbles and jumping ropes
- baseball was on the incline- was cheap
- children started playing sports
- were fetes, carnivals, art exhibitions, and lessons in singing, dancing, and cooking
- introduction of wild animals to the circus dates from 1831when Henri Martin entered a cage with a tiger
- circus was very elaborate for begining of 19th and beginning of 20th century
- way to see different animals and other forms of entertainment
- sideshows became part of circus but was very popular- included people with abnormalities (fat ladies, giants and dwarfs,armless wonders, four-legged girls)
- WIld West shows were starting to emerge
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