A New Century in America:

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A New Century in America

• 1900-1909

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Important Facts and Statistics

• 1900

• 1910

• US population 75.9 million
• Number of States 45
• Avg. monthly salary for teachers 27.00
• Pound of coffee 0.25
• Theatre tickets 0.50
• Three leading causes of death heart disease,
  influenza/pneumonia, tuberculosis

• US population 91.9 million
• Number of States 46
• Avg. monthly salary for teachers 62.23
• Pound of coffee 0.05
• Theatre tickets 2.00
• Three leading causes of death heart disease,
  tuberculosis, Brights Disease

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Key Players of the Decade

• How many of these key players do you know?

• William McKinley
• Theodore Roosevelt
• The Wright Brothers
• Admiral Robert Peary
• Henry Ford
• Marie Curie
• Albert Einstein
• Sigmund Freud
• Ty Cobb
• Jack Johnson
• Upton Sinclair
• Pablo Picasso
• JP Morgan

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Think about it

• What do you imagine life in the first decade of
  the new century to be like? Write a brief
  description.
• Keep in mind. Family and home life, working and
  living conditions, fashion, food, technology, etc

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Timeline of Historical Events
An SOS message saves 1,700 lives when 2 ships
collide 1909
American League officially a major league 1901
Henry Ford founds the Ford Motor Company 1903
Pablo Picasso invents Cubism 1907
1st yellow pages hits the market 1905
1902 The US Navy installs the first radio
telephone aboard ships
1904 1st comic book invented
1906 2,500 people die from an earthquake in San
Francisco
1908 Fords Model T sells for 850