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

Turn of the Century Advertising

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

Shopping We are becoming consumers

Buying manufactured products (like we do today)

Department stores offer a large variety of products

Mail order catalogs make shopping easy & convenient

Products are advertised