Today we continued presenting our group projects and took notes.
Chapter 8
Group 3
Education Changes During the 1800's
More women became teaching during the late 1800's. John Dewey helped reform the focus to the students at school (he invented the Dewey Decimal System). Political ideals in the 19th century also shaped a new support for the education of women. Education became more important at this time. The education of women was heavily debated. 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 spurt during the 19th century. Many immigrants started attending public schools. Many Americans moved from their farms to cities. The education levels were rising. In the 20th century the levels of education spiked.
Laws and Restrictions put on Africans and Other 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 13th, 14th, and the 15th amendments which were made to help give them equal rights. Thirteenth Amendment: Abolished (got rid of) slavery and anything like that except for when it was a punishment for a committed crime. Fourteenth amendment: No state should assume or pay any debt or obligation on the emancipation on a slave. Fifteenth amendment: gave African Americans the right to vote. It was hard for Africans to own their own land for farming and other purposes because white people had first priorities over them. This caused them to have a low economical position.
Ku Kux Klan
The KKK tried making the African American's lives as horrible as possible. They would burn their property, livestock, crops, and even the Africans. The KKK was made up of all whites.
About 360,000 Union soldiers dies trying to give Africans equality and they did not receive any after the Civil War right away. One of the reasons war was fought was to free the slaves.
Entertainment in the late 1800's to 1900's
Back in the late 1800's a big thing that was developing was show films (movies). Vacationing was starting to become a common thing. Trains were a big part in vacationing. America had a lot of money at this time and they were spending a lot of it on entertainment (especially baseball games). Americans were also spending a lot of money on the circus at this time. The wild west shows were starting to emerge.
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