Week of November 1-4

Monday-Thursday

1890's-

Board games

Suits

Jukebox

escalators

shredded wheat

tractors

1900's

Music-classical

Wore very tight waisted clothes, made you look skinnier

Civil rights movement, lots of segregation still

Being gay was illigal

1910's

Lots of sports were being brought into fame

prices were a lot lower

people dressed up a lot more

Olympics were getting going

Lots of world fairs still

Made the assembly line-Harrison Ford

Flight school/First flight across US-1910's

E-MC^2-Einstein 1915

WW1 started

Friday-

Why did immigrants come to the US?

Religious freedom, land, job opportunity's, american dream, farming, mining, factorys, war, cattle ranching

Where did immigrants come from?

Mexico, China, India, Philippines, Dominican Republic, all over the world. They are here for about an average of 7 years before they become citizens

What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here (Ellis/Angel Island)?

Why did people want to put restrictions on immigrants/What were those restrictions?

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