Progressivism
alcohol
Increased greatly
High schools focused on getting students ready to work in...
big business / industry
What did colleges require from students to enter, aside from money?
High School diploma or pass an entrance exam
Parts of America are experiencing problems with people having seizures after getting EEE from bites by...
mosquitos
This organization constructed pools, handball courts, and more to entice physical fitness and social gathering. It still exists today
YMCA
What three subjects were the focus of schooling early on? (Name at least two)
reading, writing, arithmetic
What happened to high school enrollment during this timeframe?
increased (greatly)
Enrollment did what in terms of multiplying?
double? triple? quadruple?
What is the most expensive object ever made by humans?
ISS
Newspaper writers started digging up scandals about big business and government to expose bad actors. These writers were known as...
muckrakers
The majority of students who went to elementary schools were what race or color?
white
For what reason did immigrants attend school?
to be Americanized
HBCUs were created. What does HBCU stand for?
historically black colleges and universities
Philadelphia hosted this major political event this week.
Scientific management and efficiency were brought to the factories in the automobile industry by this man
Henry Ford
Why did the immigrant kid not go to school according to the little story I read you?
they hit him if he did anything "wrong"
In the 1890s, what percent of black teenagers attended high school? Take a guess and come within ten percent.
Less than one percent
This guy founded the Tuskeegee institute for African Americans to work toward slow integration into American higher society.
Booker T. Washington
This major storm is about to impact the southern US.
Hurricane Francine
The seventeenth amendment changed how we selected this office of the government.
Senate
What did courses for girls focus on?
Office work
W.E.B. Dubois
What theory says your brain can process information a little easier when associating with a familiar task?
Cognitive Load Theory