1890’s

Karen Edwards

Ragtime Music

Fashion of the timehttp://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/images/Family.jpg

US Presidents

Grover Cleveland22nd and 24th President

William McKinley25th President

Benjamin Harrison23rd President

General facts that help set up the decade

• Population: 62,947,714

X-ray machine(1896)

World’s largest locomotives(1895)

Henry Ford

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btford.html

1896http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/showroom/1896/quad.html

Quadricycle

The States are growing . . .Wyoming – October 1, 1890Utah – January 4, 1896Hawaii – July 7, 1898 annexed

Roller Organ

Art Project

Digital picture of Art piece

Theatre Poster

Either created in Publisher or digitally photographed

Yosemite National Park estabilshed

October 1, 1890

1894 - Bottled Coca-Cola

Slogan -

Drink Coca-Cola

1891 – Basketball invented

The History of BasketballIt all started with two peach baskets affixed to a 10-foot-high railing and with a soccer ball in a YMCA in Massachusetts

Iron hoops and a hammock-style basket were introduced in 1893.

James Naismith The first ever college basketball game was played on January 18, 1896, when the University of Iowa invited student athletes from the new University of Chicago for an experimental game. Final score: Chicago 15, Iowa 12

1895 – Volleyball invented

William Morgan invented volleyball in 1895 at the Holyoke, Massachusetts, YMCA

Originally called this new game of Volleyball, Mintonette

Volleyball came about after a demonstration game of the sport, when a spectator commented that the game involved much "volleying" and game was renamed Volleyball.

1897 Boston Subway completed

April 25-August 12, 1898 Spanish-American War

Treaty of Paris ends war