Expansion of Education
With the introduction to accessible public education, we saw an increase in this, the ability to read and write.
What is literacy?
Popular, new form of entertainment in which spectators were able to see a movie for just a nickel.
What is a nickelodeon?
The unlawful violence or murder of an accused person by a mob, often a tactic used by white supremacists in the South.
What is lynching?
Women wanted the right to vote, also known as this.
What is suffrage?
What is Mr. Derr's cat's name?
Who is Judas?
Someone who likes to help the poor and the needy, typically extremely wealthy individuals.
What is a philanthropist?
This type of news reporting uses exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement.
What is Yellow Journalism?
Domestic terrorist organization that supported the idea of white supremacy and resisted black social integration after the Civil War.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
What instrument does Mr. Derr play?
What are the drums?
Founded the Tuskegee Institute in Atlanta as well as advocated for African Americans to focus on vocational skills and building generational wealth.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Inexpensive rags-to-riches stories with a wide readership.
What are dime novels?
This organization was founded in 1909 and aimed to abolish segregation and discrimination, oppose racism, and gain civil rights for African Americans.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
Specialized stores that had a variety of products conveniently all in one, making shopping easier for families.
What are department stores?
Where did Mr. Derr go to college?
What is Rutgers Newark?
First African American to earn a PhD from Harvard, also believed in the "Talented Tenth."
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
"Hit" music that spread throughout the country due to its catchy and improvisational melodies, eventually developing into the popular musical genre known as Jazz.
What is Rag Time?
Supreme Court decision that decided segregation was legal; i.e. separate but equal
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Women relied on these products to help save them time throughout their day-to-day chores.
What are labor-saving devices?
Mr. Derr worked as this before he became a teacher.
What is a historian/museum educator?
Public schools plays a critical role in helping immigrants adjust to the American way of life and its culture.
What is assimilation?
This device allowed people to listen to recorded sound for the first time in history. Invented by Thomas Edison in 1877.
What is the phonograph?
These laws went against the 15th amendment and tried to prevent African American men from voting. (4)
What are poll taxes, grandfather clauses, property tests, and literacy tests?
The US Post Office began offering this service for many rural communities and families.
What is Rural Free Delivery?
Mr. Derr dropped out of this profession/program to study history instead.
What is nursing?