who's who
The inventor of the popular roll-film camera was
George Eastmand
In Chicago, ___ opened the first department store in the nation
Marshall Field
Jim Crow laws were laws that
segregated whites and African-Americans
Which type of fiction was very popular around the turn of the 20th century?
Western adventure tales
Skyscrapers were made possible by the invention of
the elevator and a steel framework
The first skyscraper was designed by
William Le Baron Jenney
The first powered airplane was developed by ___.
Orville and Wilbur Wright
In the Southwest, many Mexicans earned a living as
railroad workers and agricultural laborers
The Tuskegee Institute was founded by ___ to help African Americans develop useful job skills
Booker T. Washington
All of the following became popular around the turn of the 20th century EXCEPT
European literature
Novelist and humorist ____ wrote books that have become American classics
Mark Twain
Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the development of all of the following EXCEPT
airplanes
Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to
keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites to do so
Which development lowered the price of newspapers to a penny a copy?
a printing press that simultaneously printed both sides of the paper
Which generalization is consistent with the ruling of the US Supreme Court in Plessy vs Ferguson?
Government has the right to suspend any rights at any time.
Who expressed the belief that racism would end as blacks acquired practical work skills and proved their economic value to society?
Booker t Washington
The landscape architect ___ led the movement for planned urban parks.
Frederick Law Olmsted
By writing and lecturing, ___ tried to end the lynching of African Americans.
Ida B. Wells
According to ___, educated blacks should immediately join the mainstream of society
W. E. B. Du Bois
What did not keep African Americans in the south from voting?
Separate-but-equal doctarate
Competing with Joseph Pulitzer, ___ published sensational stories in his newspapers
William Randolph Hearst
What drink was made for baseball games
Coca-Cola
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
racial segregation in public facilities was legal
The popularity of bicycling and amusement parks reflected which trend of the 1900s?
an interest in leisure activities
what effect can be traced directly to the supreme courts ruling in Plessey VS> Fergusson
racial segregation permitted for nearly 60 years