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Happy Monday??
Grab supplies & complete your warm up
Warm Up: Midterm Review G3 P8
We are going to finish G7 today
G7 test tomorrow…
Building Trends 40% of Americans lived in cities
What do we call the rapid building of cities? Urbanization
Steal construction = taller buildings = elevators
Skyscrapers: Symbolize a rich & wealthy society
Department Stores: Chain stores that sold many of the same goods & used mail order catalogs Ex: Sears & Woolworths
Between. 1860-1890 Chicago grew from 17 sq. mi. to 178 sq.
mi.
Boston grew from 5 sq. mi. to 39 sq. mi.
Transportation Electricity changed how
American got around in the cities Who invented the
lightbulb? Thomas Edison
Who created the electrical distribution system? George Westinghouse
Street cars & commuter trains are being used
Cities expand out…to the suburbs
Henry Ford’s Model T
Model T
Used the assembly line to create the 1st mass produced automobile – the Model T Only came in Black
Affordable – easier transportation – nation of new drivers…
The Ford plant was the first factory to be integrated!!
Printing Low printing costs &
newspapers became affordable
More people reading Changes in education help this
too – more people can read
Yellow Journalism: Type of press using sensationalism & exaggeration to get people’s attention = increased paper circulation William R. Hearst & John
Pulitzer
Muckrakers used yellow journalism
Airplane 1903 - Kitty Hawk, NC: The
Wright brothers have the 1st successful airplane flight
1st flight: 120 feet & 12 seconds No one really paid
attention…
Within 2 years, the gov’t. noticed its usefulness & contracted its services for airmail.
1st Flight
Leisure Time The camera was invented by
George Eastman Eastman Kodak…
New inventions made life easier & people have more free time…what are we doing?? Silent movies, world fairs,
boxing, circus, variety shows, baseball games, riding bikes, going to amusement parks… 1904 World Fair - St. Louis The Cyclone
Hershey’s, Pepsi, & Coca-Cola are big hits
People are spending money
Music New styles of music are being
heard…
John Phillips Sousa: Popularized marching band music 76 Trombones
Scott Joplin: Made ragtime piano popular The Entertainer
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