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Thomas Rhett
100
Who invented the Kodak camera?
George Eastman
100
In schools what did the curriculum emphasize?
reading, writing, and arithmetic
100
What is an annual tax that had to be paid before qualifying to vote?
A poll tax
100
Who was the Hungarian immigrant that bought the New York World in 1883?
Joseph Pulitzer
100
What are his kid's names?
Willa Grey and Ada James Atkins
200
Louis Sullivan designed what?
The "proud and soaring," ten-story Wainwright building in St. Louis, Missouri.
200
In what age did the economy demand advanced technical and managerial skills?
The New Industrial Age
200
What stated that even if a man failed the literacy test or could not afford the poll tax, he was still entitled to vote if he, his father, or his grandfather had been eligible to vote before January 1, 1867?
Grandfather Clause
200
William Randolph Hearst bought the New York Morning Journal in 1895 but already owned what?
The San Francisco Examiner
200
What is his new album that just came out called?
Life Changes
300
Skyscrapers were created because what was invented?
elevators and steel supports
300
Who saw the schools as a great instrument "to lift all classes of people into...civilized life."
William Torrey Harris
300
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Racial segregation laws to separate white and black people in public and private places.
300
Who led the Ashcan school of American art?
Eakin's student, Robert Henri
300
How old was Thomas Rhett when he married Lauren.
22 years old.
400
What did Daniel Burnham include in his plan for Chicago.
a lakefront for elegant parks
400
Who was the first African American to receive a Phd. from Harvard University?
W. E. B. Du Bois
400
What legal case reached the Supreme Court in 1896?
Plessy v. Ferguson
400
Who wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?
Mark Twain
400
On his new album who are the two people he does a duet with?
Maren Morris and Rhett Atkins (Dad)
500
The Back Bay area was originally a ____-acre swamp
450
500
Who was head of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now called Tuskegee University in Alabama?
Booker T. Washington
500
What is the definition of debt peonage?
A system that bound laborers into slavery in order to work off a debt to the employer.
500
What does RFD stand for?
Rural Free Delivery
500
Where is Will Grey adopted from? (daughter)
Uganda
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