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Elevators and steel skeletons allowed for the creation of what?
What is skyscrapers
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Why were many mothers sending their children to kindergarten ?
Using it as a daycare
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What were the voting restrictions in the south ?
- Pay a poll tax. - Be able to read and write.
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What is Yellow Journalism?
Exaggerating newspaper/magazine headlines.
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What ares did Russia just recently Annex?
Crimea
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How did the development of mass transit help factory workers?
It made it easier for workers living outside the cities to get to work.
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Who was encouraged to attend school?
Immigrants
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How was discrimination in the north different from the south ?
The north payed lower wages and had segregated neighborhoods
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Why did Americans enjoy watching baseball ?
It was not timed , workers were able to relax?
200
Where did the plane that has gone missing depart from ?
Malaysia
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Who designed and flew the first airplane ?
Who is the Wright Brothers
300
What did many African Americans do when they were pushed away from the educational system ?
Created their own high schools and universities
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What were the Jim Crow Laws?
-"Separate but Equal" -Blacks and Whites were forced to use different public facilities.
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Where was the first amusement park ?
Coney Island
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Who is the Vice President
Joe Biden
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Which city became the first to electrify its transit?
Richmond , Virginia
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By 1900 , how many teenagers were enrolled in High School ?
500,000
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What course case ruled that the Jim Crow Laws were constitutional ?
What is Plessy Vs. Ferguson
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Who did department stores attempt to reach out to ?
Women.
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Who was instrumental in drawing up the plans for Central Park?
Who is Frederick Law Olmsted
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Many adult immigrants attended night school to learn what ..
What is English
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What three "customs" did blacks have to follow in the presence of whites?
-Remove Hat. -Yield when walking . - Doesn't have to shake hand.
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Who created Yellow Journalism ?
William Randolph Hearst