Many cities built parks and playgrounds for their

� Many cities built parks and playgrounds for their citizens. � Amusement parks are built just outside of cities by trolley companies. � 1884: roller coasters open at Coney Island, NY � 1893: 1 st Ferris Wheel at the World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago

� By 1890, millions of bicycles are sold each year. Bikes brings more freedom for women. � Tennis comes from England in the 1880 s. � In 1845, official rules created to make baseball a professional sport. � First World Series in 1903

� Joseph Pulitzer: owned New York World, 1 st to include large Sunday edition, comics, sports coverage, and women’s news � William Randolph Hearst: owned multiple papers, including NY’s Morning Journal � Competed with each other by covering sensationalist news.

� Realism: becomes a popular painting style � Ashcan School: painted urban life and workers realistically � Literacy increase and authors including Mark Twain, the writer of Huckleberry Finn, became popular

� In 1865, Marshall Field creates the first department store in Chicago. � In the 1870 s, F. W. Woolworth creates a chain store offering cheap goods.

� Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck sell to small towns through catalogs � 1896: Post Office creates rural free delivery to deliver packages to every home