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Vocabulary
Laws
People
Entertainment
Free-For-All
100
The ability to read and write
What is literacy?
100
Laws used to segregate, mostly found in Southern Society
What are "Jim Crow" laws?
100
"Learn by Doing"
Who is John Dewey?
100
An inexpensive variety show, based on ethnic humor
What is vaudville?
100
Musical style that originated among African Americans during this time
What is ragtime?
200
Schools teaching only American Culture is an example of this
What is assimilation?
200
A fee that some southern states demanded before a person could vote
What is a poll tax?
200
Also known as Mark Twain, wrote Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer
Who is Samuel Clemens?
200
Said his circus was the "greatest show on Earth"
Who is P.T. Barnum?
200
Started the Tuskagee Institute
Who is Booker T. Washington?
300
People who gave donations to worthy causes
What are philanthropist?
300
A law enabling poor, illiterate whites the right to vote
What is the Grandfather Clause?
300
Wrote about the corruption of cities, "Shame of the Cities"
Who is Lincoln Steffans?
300
The doctor/gym teacher who developed the game of basketball for an indoor sport to play during winter
Who is Dr. James Naismith?
300
Famous Silent Movie Actor
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
400
Exposed the corruption of the country (a group)
What are muckrakers?
400
This upholded segregation, after the Plessy v. Ferguson trial (what was established)
What is "seperate but equal"?
400
Civil War nurse that started the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton?
400
"Father of American Football"
Who is Walter Camp?
400
NAACP (what does it stand for)
What is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
500
Describes "sensational" news coverage
What is yellow journalism?
500
Fought for women's rights and is found on the $1 coin
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
500
Known for architecture, built the famous house "Falling Waters"
Who is Frank Lloyd Write?
500
Term used to describe "sensational" news coverage
What is yellow journalism?
500
Wrote a book to expose the meat industry
Who is Upton Sinclair?