Segregation and Discrimination
Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to
Make it so poor whites could vote while barring poor blacks from voting.
The inventor of the popular roll-film camera was __.
George Eastman
Novelist and humorist ___ wrote books that have become American classics.
Mark Twain
Which type of fiction was very popular around the turn of the 20th century?
Western Adventure Tales
In the Southwest, many Mexicans earned a living as
Railroad workers and agricultural laborers
Jim Crow laws were laws that
The landscape architect ___ led the movement for planned urban parks.
Frederick Law Olmsted
Who expressed the belief that racism would end as blacks acquired practical work skills and proved their economic value to society?
Booker T. Washington
Which development lowered the price of newspapers to a penny a copy?
The electrically powered web-perfecting press
The popularity of bicycling and amusement parks reflected which trend of the 1900s?
Leisure Activities
By writing and lecturing, ___ tried to end the lynching of African Americans.
Ida B. Wells
In Chicago, ___ opened the first department store in the nation.
Marshall Field
The first powered airplane was developed by ___.
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Skyscrapers were made possible by the invention of
Who designed the Flatiron Building in New York City?
Daniel Burnham
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
The separation of races in public accommodations was legal and did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
The first skyscraper was designed by ___.
Louis Sullivan
The Tuskegee Institute was founded by ___ to help African Americans develop useful job skills.
Booker T. Washington
Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the development of all of the following EXCEPT
Airplanes
What amusement park in New York offered Americans a place to escape?
Coney Island
AIR Which generalization is consistent with the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Separate but Equal
According to ___, educated blacks should immediately join the mainstream of society.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Competing with Joseph Pulitzer, ___ published sensational stories in his newspapers.
William Randolph Hearst
All of the following became popular around the turn of the 20th century EXCEPT
European Literature
The system introduced by the Post Office to bring packages directly to homes.
Rural Free Delivery