American Literature C 1891-1901

This decade was significant for the rise of women's sportswear. For example, the bicycling dress and the tennis dress.
http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/1890-victorian-photo-gallery.php

during this decade they believed proper practice of the dance would reunite the living with the spirits of the dead and bring peace, prosperity, and unity to native peoples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance

Dr. James Naismith, a physical education professor and instructor created the sport of basketball
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1890to1899.html
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/basketballhistory.html

Musical theater and opera became popular in 1891
Perfomances such as Robin Hood and The Tyrolean
Blacks were able to be apart of this culture
http://www.musicals101.com/1890-1900.htm#Black
http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1890.htm

believed that spirits of the dead residing in the spirit world have the ability to communicate with the living (séances).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism

Telephone service was put into operation between Chicago and New York.
photo:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/004046.html

First Modern Olympic Games
became a permanent part of culture from then on

Americans Charles Duryea and Frank Duryea built the first U.S. gasoline powered car instilling them into American culture.
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1890to1899.html

Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhist.html