Kindergartens are begun. The Land - Grant colleges proliferate and are based upon the German and English models. Many universities begin offering upper degrees. Numbers of course offerings explodes. Teaching The number of teachers and total number of grades taught has grown geometrically.
Teaching is a true profession.
Public schools, with local school boards proliferate at the same rate. Some teachers, particularly for high school, are college graduates. The industrial revolution reaches new heights in America powered by abundant iron ore from Minnesota and coal from Pennsylvania. Industrial, Banking, and Transportation centers arise. The phenomena of infant industries getting huge overnight arises.