Vocabulary
Key People
Expanding Education
A Nation of Readers
Leisure and the Arts
100
Yellow Journalism
Writing that exagerates sensational, dramatic, and gruesome events to attract reader, named for stories that were popular during the late 1880s.
100
George Washington Carver.
invented plastics, papers and a form of peanut butter.
100
Why were most of the students in primary schools girls ?
Boys had dayjobs.
100
Name two of Mark Twains books ?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin.
100
what was a favourite leisure time activity for many people ?
Watching sports.
200
jazz
American music developed from ragtime and blues with African rythmes.
200
Mark Twain
A famous writer who used both realism and regionilsm.
200
What were the two universities that provided a higher education for African- Americans.
Hampton Institute and Howard University.
200
Who was the First African American poet to gain National attention ?
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
200
Name two new sports.
American Footbal and Basketball.
300
Philosophy
ideas and beliefs.
300
Joseph Pulitzer
Purchased the New York World and invented a new type of Newspaper called yellow Journalism.
300
in 1862 what act gave states federal land that could be sold to raise funds for schools
Morrill Act
300
What new type of Journalism became famous in the late 1800s ?
Yello Journalism.
300
What sport originated in America ?
Basketball
400
Isolate
cut off.
400
William Randolph Hearst.
Ran the New York Morning Journel which became more succesful than the World.
400
What type of schools opened up for Native Americans ?
Reservation and Boarding Schools
400
How did yellow Journalism attract readers ?
It grabbed the attention with illistrations, cartoons and sensational stories with huge headlines.
400
What did Vaudeville shows include ?
Dancing, singing, comedy and magic acts.
500
Realism
an approach to literature and the arts that shows things as they really are.
500
Knute Rockne
In 1913 was an all-American end for Notre Dame. Later he coached notre Dame and won them six National Championships
500
Name three colleges that now accepted women.
Vassar, Smith, Wessely.
500
Name three newspapers that ran in those times and are still published today.
Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine and Ladies' Home Journel.
500
What were nickelodeons ?
Small thetres that charge 5 cents to see short movies.
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