1900s - 1910s

BY: Albert, Freddie & Robin

Religion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_19th_century

Christianity (Different types but the majority)

(The Third Great Awakening)
All other religions were minorities.

Music of the time Period

Songs included;
Bedelia by Haydn Quartet (1904), A Bird in the Gilded Cage (1904), The
Preacher and the Bear (1905), In the shade of the Old Apple Tree (1905),
Put on your Old Bonnet (1909).
Singers included;
Haydn Quartet
Steve Porter
Arthur Collins
Henry Burr
http://youtu.be/fXAoZX4FztY

Economy of the Decade

-Abundance of Natural Resources
-Leading Production of Industrial Metals
-Produced 50% of worlds cotton, oil, coal, and
gold

Technology of the Decade

-Bottle Making Machines and Ford Motor Company
-Crayons
-Triode Amplifier and Neon Lighting
-First Helicopter by Paul Cornu
-First Movie with Audible sound by Thomas Edison

Politics
- WIlliam McKinley (25th President) assassinated
-Teddy Roosevelt is elected President
- NAACP formed
-Chinese Exclusion Act
-Ten Rules of War established

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-TvE4TUcI

Womens Clothing and Hairstyle

Womens Clothing
Women dresses werent puffed up as much
Hobble Skirt became popular. Fits tight all
around the womens legs
Regular skirts were tapering in into the ankle.
Women Hairstyles
Women would curl their hair
They would Thickly pad it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVqoUtvxSSI

Mens Clothing and Hairstyle

Mens Hairstyle
Men had short, well groomed hair
Beards began to be less pointed
Moustaches became more oftenly curled

Mens Clothing
Different coats for different times of the day and different events.
Blazers were worn for sports, sailing, etc.
in the evening, it was with a light waistcoat, trousers, white bow tie and a
shirt with a winged collar
Ascot ties were worn during the day and bow ties were worn in the evening

Popular Accessories

Men Accessories
wore top hats
Men usually used walking sticks
Bow tie, four-in-hand tie, ascot tie

Women Accessories
They wore gloves, used handbags, Umbrellas and Hats
Furs on things like their hats
more upper class women had umbrellas to match outfit
Towards the end of the decade, fur coats became popular

Entertainment/ Recreation/ Leisure

Popular dances were for example: The grizzly bear, The Castle Walk, Tango, the Waltz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMyEnTZP0yI

The President (William Howard Taft) threw the first

pitch of a baseball game
The First Indy 500 (Ray Harroun)
Motion Pictures became popular
They would go to the Opera
People would mostly go to dance halls
Meals were kept quite plain like meat and
Mashed potatoes with breads
Popular movie stars were Mary and Jack Pickford, Yale Boss, and Dolores Castello
Jack johnson became the first Black Heavyweight Champion(Boxing)

Bibliography
-http://www.slideshare.net/guest474b04/technology-from-19011914
-http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch03.htm
-http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1900to1909.html
-http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade00.html
-http://www.life123.com/beauty/fashion/trends/1900-1910-fashions.shtml
- http://www.uvm.edu/landscape/dating/clothing_and_hair/1910s_accessories_women.php
- http://womens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/Womens_Fashion_History_from_1900_to_1939

- http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/having-fun-leisure-and-entertainment-turn-twentieth-century