Period 1: 1865-1898
1888 Chicago WhiteSox Baseball went from being a boy’s game in the 1830s to a popular sport by the late 1850s. Many thousands of soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War played baseball in their camps
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Gymnastics
Gymnastics was a popular sport in the United States as they would have many competitions to see who was the strongest male. They saw this as a huge competition between others.
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TennisThe sport became a fashionable rage in the 1880’s and 90’s, especially among the middle classes, and soon men and women both were taking up racquets and installing private lawn tennis courts at their homes.
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