U.s. History Unit 2

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elementary schools

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-12-16 weeks of attendance
-ages 8-14
-added kindergarten & attended @ younger age
-compulsory physical punishment
-strict parochial schools
-whites > blacks in 1880s

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high school

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-1900 more than 1/2 mil. in HS
-private school for blacks because of discrimination
-science, civics, & social studies
-males were carpentry & mechanics
-females were office workers

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colleges

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-2.3% attended
-middle/upper class
-engineering, economics, physical science
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education for immigrant adults

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-to learn English
-to qualify for citizenship
-to Americanize employees
-night school

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amusement parks

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James Coney Island
-escape

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bicycling

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Victor Safety Bicycle
-freed women from scrutiny of ever-present chaperone

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boxing

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John Sullivan & James Corbett
-escape from work & everyday concerns

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baseball

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National League
-escape

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shopping centers

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Cleveland, Ohio
-reasonable priced

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department stores

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Marshall Field
-provided a VARIETY of personal services

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chain stores

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F.W. Woolworth
-bargain $ and offered same merchandise under same ownership

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mail-order catalogs

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Richard Sears
-department store merchandise delivered to rural areas

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enrollments before vs. during 1920s

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BEFORE about 1 million
AFTER about 4 million

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types of courses before vs. during 1920s

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BEFORE catered to college-bound students
AFTER broad range - vocational training

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Immigrants before vs. during 1920s

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BEFORE some English
AFTER no English

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Financing before vs. during 1920s

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BEFORE was much less
AFTER x4 more by 1926 & final $ was 2.7 billion/year

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ex. of magazines

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Time & Reader's Digest

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ex. of radio

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KDKA Pittsburgh & Melody Maker

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ex. of sports

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babe ruth baseball player
Helen wills tennis player

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ex. of movies

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steamboat willie & jazz singer

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ex. of theatre, music, & art

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Eugene O'Neils was a play writer
George Gershwin was a composer
Hopper & O'Keefe were painters

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ex. of literature

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Sinclair Lewis, T.S. Elliot, St. Vincent Millay, Ernest Hemingway

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Charles A. Lindbergh

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pilot who made the first nonstop solo flight across the ATLANTIC

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member & participants of counterculture

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young, white, middle class

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counterculture's belief's about American society

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materialistic & hollow
cold and cruel

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counterculture: goals for themselves

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idyllic community & peace, love, and harmony

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counterculture: movement center

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Haight-Ashbury, SF

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attitudes & activities of counterculture

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rock n roll
loud clothing
drugs
communes

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violent episodes of counterculture

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communes were seedy & dangerous

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counterculture's impact on art and fashion

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pop artists

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counterculture's impact on music

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rock n roll
the beatles
Woodstock festival

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counterculture's impact on mainstream America

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casual approach to sexual behavior
Nixon's election

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facts about Urban Flight

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1. 1990s 43% of latinos & 1/2 Asians lived in suburbs
2. at mid century population of cities exceeded sub
3. in 2000 some major cities increased pop. & some slowed down or stopped declines

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facts about baby boomers

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1. 2000 median age was 35
2. in 2030 1 in 5 Americans will be older than 65
3. 2005 spending on elderly was 39% of budget

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facts about immigration

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1. 1990s 3.2 million immigrants were illegal
2. non-latinos to white minorities shrinked
3. 1970-2000 grew by 80 million

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challenge of urban and suburban life

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decline in economic base

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challenge of aging population

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possible that social security cannot support elderly

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challenge of immigration policy

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dealing w/illegal immigrants

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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found Niagra Movement & insisted blacks should be taught the essentials so their community would have well-educated leaders

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Booker T. Washington

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headed Tuskagee University which equipped blacks w/ teaching diplomas & useful skills in agriculture, domestic, or mechanical work

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Henry Ford

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taught immigrants American ways & influenced immigration education