George Eastman
Lighter weight film
Allowed Americans to become amateur photographers and opened up field of photojournalism
What is Kodak Camera
100
How did public schools change at the beginning of the 20th century?
The population of school-age children increased in elementary, high school, and higher education; immigrant children enrolled in schools to be Americanized; curriculum expanded
100
What is it? and Who did it involve?
A Supreme Court ruling; Homer Plessy, a black, sat in the white section of a train car in Louisiana
100
What were some of the informal rules for treating minorities? What was the purpose of these rules?
Couldn’t shake hands with a white man; had to take of hat to white man; move out of the way of white men on sidewalks
Meant to belittle and humiliate blacks
100
A test someone must pass in order to vote to prove they could read
Prevented blacks from voting and weakened their political power.
What is Literacy Test
200
Frederick Law Olmsted
Brought the country to the city; made it easier to move around in cities
What is Urban Planning
200
What was public school like for blacks? For immigrants?
Only a few blacks attended school; did not have access in the south; schools were inferior
Immigrants encouraged to attend school to be Americanized
200
What was the ruling in the case?
Ruled that separation of races in public spaces was legal and did not violate the 14th Amendment
200
Why did Americans engage in leisure activities?
Get away from city congestion; get away from boring industrial work
200
Charging someone a fee to vote.
Prevented blacks from voting and weakened their political power.
What is Poll Tax
300
Paper making with wood pulp; electricity
Faster production and lower costs, two-sided printing
What is Web-perfecting Press
300
How did W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington contribute to American education at the turn of the century?
W.E.B DuBois- first black to get doctorate from Harvard; Niagara Movement encouraged blacks to receive liberal arts education Booker T. Washington- believed racism would end when blacks gained skills; founded Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute
Entitled a person to vote if his grandfather was eligible before January 1, 1867
Prevented blacks from voting and weakened their political power.
What is Grandfather Clause
400
William LeBaron
Steel skeleton and elevator
Allowed cities to grow upward; made best use of available space
What is Skyscraper
400
What were Jim Crow laws? Please provide some examples (think about the video clips we watched).
Segregation laws that separated whites and blacks
Ex. Separate drinking fountains, restrooms, restaurants, seating, etc
400
What did it establish?
Idea of “separate but equal”
400
Which leisure activity had the greatest effect on women?
bicycling
400
Bound laborers into slavery in order to work off a debt to an employer.
Made them slaves.
What is Debt Peonage
500
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Glider
Biplane
Established aviation as the way of the future
What is Airmail/Airplane
500
Who was Ida B. Wells and what did she do?
A former slave who became a teacher and editor who led a crusade against discrimination especially lynching
500
Daily Double
Who was Ida B. Wells and what did she do?
A former slave who became a teacher and editor who led a crusade against discrimination especially lynching
500
Identify three new ways to sell goods in America and discuss the impact each had on society
Department store- organized good by specialized departments, targeted women, offered bargain goods
Urban Shopping- brought shopping centers to big cities
Chain store- allowed goods to be sold more cheaply
Advertising- helped make people aware of and persuade people to buy goods
Mail Order Catalog- brought retail to small towns
Rural Free Delivery- allowed packages to be delivered right to your front door
500
Prohibited Chinese immigration and naturalization to the U.S.
Chinese couldn’t enter and those already in America couldn’t become citizens.