Growth of Education
What percent of white American children attended free public school in the 1850s?
50%
What were vaudeville shows mostly inspired by?
Minstrel Shows
What did people against women’s rights believe would be destroyed if women had more public roles?
Their femininity
WEB Du Bois
Besides African Americans, what racial/ethnic group was also discriminated against in America?
(Not in notes probably)
Irish
What historical period in America made parents realize their kids would need to learn even more skills due to the advancements in industry?
2nd Industrial Revolution
What was the name of the first successful movie in America?
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
What city saw thousands of white rioters burn down black businesses because a suspected rapist was moved to a different jail?
Springfield, IL
Who was the former slave who became an educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
How many hours a week did it take to clean the dirt off the floors in an 8 room house?
18 hours
How many black women were studying at American colleges in 1891?
30
What was the name of early movie theaters that served up to 200,000 people per day?
Nickelodeons
What is the term for segregation that is set in place, but not a law?
De facto segregation
What New York Nurse helped legalize spreading information about birth control?
Margaret Sanger
How long did it take the Illinois state militia to restore order after a historic riot broke loose?
2 days
What is the oldest African American college in the United States?
Wilberforce University
What was the first professional baseball team in 1869?
Cincinnati Red Stockings
Plessy v. Ferguson established the separate but equal doctrine, redefining our understanding of which amendment?
The 14th Amendment.
Who was born to a Quaker family, later becoming president of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania?
Martha Carey-Thomas
What percent of American homes had electricity in 1917?
25% 1/4
W.E.B Du Bois founded what movement, which called for equal rights and ending discrimination?
Niagara Movement
What was the name of the man who created basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts 1891?
Dr. James Naismith
What organization ended the grandfather clause?
NAACP
What 1910s Civil Rights Activist gave a speech describing the difference between Black and White schools?
Pauli Murray
What 4 sections of a newspaper were most common from the 1870s-1900
Comics, Sports Section, Women's Pages, Graphic Images