A9 life-at-the-turn-of-the-20th-century(1)

Life at the Turn of the 20 th Century Urbanization, New Technologies, Education, Discrimination, Mass Culture, Consumerism

Science and Urban Life ,[object Object]

Skyscrapers ,[object Object],Flatiron Building - 1902

Another view of Burnham’s Flatiron Building

Electric Transit ,[object Object]

El’s and Subways ,[object Object]

Bridges and Parks ,[object Object],Central Park is an oasis among Manhattan’s skyscrapers

City Planning: Chicago ,[object Object],Chicago's lakefront features parks, harbors for pleasure boats, and stunning views of the city's skyline

New Technologies ,[object Object]

A Revolution In Printing ,[object Object]

Airplanes ,[object Object],Wright Brother’s first flight

Explosion of Photography ,[object Object]

Expanding Public Education ,[object Object]

High School Enrollment ,[object Object]

Racial Discrimination ,[object Object]

Education for Immigrants ,[object Object]

Expanding Higher Education ,[object Object]

African American Universities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Women at the 1906 Niagara Movement Conference at Harpers Ferry

Voting Restrictions ,[object Object]

Jim Crow Laws ,[object Object]

Plessy v. Ferguson ,[object Object]

Informal Rules and Customs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Discrimination in the North ,[object Object]

Discrimination in the West ,[object Object],Anti-Asian Cartoon

Dawn of a Mass Culture ,[object Object]

Amusement Parks ,[object Object],Coney Island was America’s most famous amusement park in the late 19 th century

Bicycling and Tennis ,[object Object]

Spectator Sports ,[object Object],1897 Baseball team picture Kansas State University

Newspapers ,[object Object],Pulitzer (above) & Hearst (right) initiated what was known as “Yellow Journalism”

Characteristics of “Yellow Journalism” included huge, sensational, exaggerated headlines.

Some contend that Hearst and Pulitzer’s “Yellow Journalism” was responsible for the Spanish-American War in 1898.

Promoting Fine Arts ,[object Object],This portrait was done by Robert Henri, who led the Ashcan School

The Ashcan School Title: Dempsey and Firpo, 1924 Artist: George Wesley Bellows

Popular Fiction ,[object Object]

Growing Consumerism ,[object Object],Macy’s Department Store

The Department Store ,[object Object],Marshall Fields has been around for almost 150 years

Catalogs and RFD ,[object Object]

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