Social Life/Entertainment
Technology
Work
Family
Mr. Reilley
100
This type of piano plays itself
Player piano.
100
This technology replaced horses on farms.
Tractors
100
Many women had this job because they were seen as more loving.
Teacher
100
How many children did women have on average?
3
100
This is Mr. Reilley's favorite football team
Miami Dolphins
200
Phonograph
200
Only 30% of people had this way of communicating in their homes.
Phones
200
85% of men over ___________ were in the labor force.
14 years old
200
On the farm, the typical breakfast was ________________.
Eggs and pancakes
200
This is Mr. Reilley's gaming system
PS5
300
These types of dates were most common before the car.
Dinner with the family
300
These four kinds of cereal came onto the market during this period.
Corn Flakes, Quaker Puffed Rice, Puffed Wheat , and Shredded Wheat
300
Manufacturing workers average ______________ at work per week.
55
300
The average home was no more than ____________ in today's dollars.
$75,000
300
This is Mr. Reilley's son's name.
Benjamin
400
These types of suits were popular with men.
Blue serge suits
400
This is how they kept sandwiches fresh at work.
by "wrapping them in a dry towel covered with a towel wrung out of hot water."
400
How much more dangerous was work?
Work was about 30 times more dangerous than it is today.
400
Did 87% of births happen inside or outside of hospitals?
Outside of hospitals
400
This is where Mr. Reilley went to college.
Rider University
500
How many people were under 25 in 1915?
More than 50 million people.
500
This new type of technology helped people get around the city and helped provide the name for the Brooklyn baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Trolley cars
500
Assuming that everyone worked Monday-Friday and they worked 55 hours a week, how many hours per day did they work? If they had to be at work at 7:00am, what time would they get done?
11 hours per day.
500
What fraction of their income did Americans spend on food 100 years ago?
1/3 of their income was spent on food.
500
This is Mr. Reilley's favorite place to eat in Princeton.
Conti's Pizza