who´s who
These men originally built bicycles but later turned to airplanes and were the first to fly at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
-Orville and Wilbur wright
This sprawling amusement center in New York became a model for urban amusement parks.
coney island
An annual tax that had to be paid before qualifying to vote.
poll tax
Who was a turn of the century novelist that wrote books like Tom Sawyer?
mark twain
This late 1800s fad was once a male-only sport but with split skirts women could enjoy it also
Tennis
Racial segregation laws passed in the south came to be known as this.
jim crow laws
I invented a flexible film, which made it easier for photographers to develop their pictures.
George Eastman
This was the system that brought packages directly to every home.
rural free delivery (RFD)
This stated that even if a man failed the literacy test or could not afford the poll tax he was still entitled to vote if his father or grandfather had been eligible.
grandfather clause
I was the first African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard. I founded the Niagara Movement, which insisted that blacks should seek a liberal arts education.
du bois
This system bounded laborers into slavery in order to work off a debt to the employer.
debt peonage
This court case said that separation of the races in public accommodations, paving the way for separate but equal.
plessy v fergueson
I was a female newspaper editor that fought against lynching by writing, lecturing, and organizing for civil rights.
Ida b wells
This place was where people painted urban life and working people with no frills
Ashcan school