Continuing Presentations today:
Moving on to chapter 8.
Ch. 8.1: -What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?
Brooklyn bridge- laid the groundwork for the modern american city. skyscrapers- took up less space but held many more offices and floors, lower price for land. printing made it possible to create newspapers. airplanes. photography- first kodak camera was invented in 1888.
Ch. 8.2: -How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
1865-1895 kids 8-13 would go to school for 12 to 16 weeks. studied reading, writing, and arithmetic. in 1880, 62% of whites went to school. in the early 1900s new subjects were introduced like science, civics, and social studies. very few african americans attended high schools, most of them attended private schools. between 1880 and 1920 college enrollments had quadrupled.
Ch. 8.3: -What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended? -Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.
back of lines, back of bus, treated poorly, segregated schools and neighborhoods, couldnt get good jobs juse because of their race. blacks had harder questions on voting tests. grandfather clause allowed whites to vote if they couldnt afford the tax if their father or grandfather voted beofre Jan. 1, 1867 then they can vote. that date was the date blacks were allowed to vote so no blacks were able to vote before that. between 1882 and 1892, 1,400 blacks were killed because of the hatred from the whites.
Plessy v. Ferguson- made the separate but equal law, keeps white and blacks separate but keeps their separation equal. ferguson was the judge and ruled against plessy and said that he needed to go to the black railroad car even though he is one fourth black.
medical care wasnt the same, different education, back of busses, houses, employment, separate benches at parks, werent treated the same as they should. also known as the Jim Crow Laws.
Ch. 8.4:-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
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