People & Places
Education
Inventions
Civil Rights & Race
Culture, Retail, & Shopping
100
Designed the ten-story Wainwright building
Who is LOUIS SULLIVAN
100
By the early 1900s, approximately how many children attended school?
What is HALF A MILLION/500,000
100
Who invented the modern airplane?
Who are THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
100
Who was the first African American to graduate from Harvard?
Who is W.E.B. DUBOIS
100
RFD is an acronym for
What is RURAL FREE DELIVERY
200
Alexander J. Cartwright is considered to be the father of what sport?
What is BASEBALL
200
Libraries were often called what?
What is "THE POOR MAN'S UNIVERSITY"
200
Who introduced the Kodak camera in the late-19th century?
Who is GEORGE EASTMAN
200
_______ taxes were used to keep poor whites & African Americans from voting.
What are POLL TAXES
200
Where did tennis originate?
What is NORTH WALES
300
What American author, whose pen-name was Samuel Clemens, inspired many later American writers?
Who is MARK TWAIN
300
Immigrants were _______ to go to school in the mid-late 1800s
What is ENCOURAGED
300
What major chocolate company was founded in 1894?
What is HERSHEY'S
300
What major Supreme Court case established the doctrine of "separate but equal?"
What is PLESSY V. FERGUSON
300
What realistic school of American art developed in the early 1900s?
What is THE ASHCAN SCHOOL
400
Joseph Pulitzer is remembered for his contributions to what field?
What is PUBLISHING/NEWSPAPERS/JOURNALISM
400
By 1880, approximately what percentage of white children attended school?
What is 60-65%
400
What early 20th century invention made housekeeping considerably easier?
What is THE VACUUM CLEANER
400
Who was one of the most popular African American tapdancers of the era?
Who is BILL "BOJANGLES" ROBINSON
400
What is the name given to performances that included song, dance, juggling, slapstick comedy, and chorus lines?
What is VAUDEVILLE (THEATER)
500
Marshall Field established his first department stores in what major Illinois city?
What is CHICAGO
500
By the early 1900s, what percentage of the population was literate?
What is 90%
500
The first _______ were invented around the turn of the century - the same time that saw the rise of major shopping centers and department stores.
What are ESCALATORS
500
Approximately how many African Americans were killed due to racial issues between the years of 1882-1892?
What is 1,000+/1,400
500
What type of music became immensely popular around the turn of the century?
What is RAGTIME
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