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Section 4
Education -Compulsory education started in early 1900s -Increased literacy rates -1900à60% of high school graduates were women -Segregated schools
Advertising -Much advertising took place in newspapers -Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst -Used celebrities -Lots of new products -No advertising regulations -Played on people’s fears -Had dangerous products -Department stores started -Mail order catalogs (Montgomery Wards, Sears) (1, 2)
Leisure Time -More parks created (Central Park) -Bicycling became popular -Coney Island -1904 World’s Fair (St. Louis) -Some sports were becoming popular -Football, baseball (1876àMLB) -Movies -Vaudeville shows -Silent movies -Circus |
