Week of October 24th - October 27th

Monday - Workday

Tuesday - 

  • 1880
    • Music
      • All live music
      • Symphonies
      • Orchestra
      • Small and Large Bands
    • Movies
      • Buffalo Dance
      • Blacksmith Scenes - watch blacksmiths make items
    • Sports
      • Baseball - MLB was around
        • Cincinnati Red Stockings
      • Football
        • Unsafe helmets
        • Different footballs
    • Fashion
      • Women
        • slim dress that weighed 15-20 lbs
        • Corsets
        • Hoops
      • Men wore suits and top hats
    • Fads
      • Roller Skating
        • Would skate in dresses and suits
    • Worlds Fairs
      • Louisville - 1883
      • New Orleans - 1884
      • Buffalo International Industrial Fair - 1889
    • Famous people
      • Billy the Kid - outlaw
      • Mark Twain - writer
      • Buffalo Bill Hickok - entertainer/lawman
    • Politics
      • Prohibition in Kansas - 1881
        • Started by Women
      • Wall Street - 1889
        • Stocks began 
      • North/South Dakota became States
      • James Garfield  was shot - 1880
        • Shot because he wanted to help working citizens
      • Grover Cleveland -1884
    • Facts
      • Statue of Liberty was brought over in 1885
      • Dr Pepper was created in Waco, Texas in 1885
      • Coca-Cola was created in 1886
      • Cattle market in South St. Paul - sold 336 cows on first day

Tuesday -

  • Inventions
    • Electric Flat Iron - Henry Seeley - 1882
    • Electric Fan - Skaats Wheeler - 1882
    • Dishwasher - Josephine Cochrane - 1886
    • Coca Cola - John Pemberton - 1886
  • Minorities
    • South was extremely racist
    • segregation
    • Whites would torture
    • Reconstruction ended
    • Blacks could be on jury
  • Economy
    • Most jobs about 25 cents an hour
    • 60 hours a week
    • Railroads - Cattle Drives
    • Southern Crop diversifies
    • Investing in Stocks becomes more popular

Wednesday - Presentation

Thursday - Presentation

Friday - No School

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