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Cartoons
100
Who invented the skyscraper?
Who is Louis Sullivan
100
What was the name of the segregation laws against the African Americans?
What are Jim Crow Laws
100
What was the amusement park that was created to give people a break from their usually busy lives?
What is Coney Island
100
Woolworth created what kind of store that had over 596 stores by 1911?
What is a Chain Store
100
Who is the main (human) character in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends?
Who is Mac?
200
Who was the head of the movement to create urban parks?
Who is Frederick Law Olmstead
200
What was the tax that had to be paid before voting?
What is a Poll Tax
200
What two sports became big hits at the turn of the century?
What is Baseball and Tennis
200
Who founded the Niagara Movement?
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois
200
Who is the old cartoon character that turns into a phantom and fights ghosts?
Who is Danny Phantom?
300
Who founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute?
Who is Booker T. Washington
300
What was created to teach blacks useful labor and economic skills so the amount of racism would decrease?
What is the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
300
What snack and drink became very popular to cyclists and everyone else in the community?
What are Hershey's Bar and Coca-Cola
300
What system brought packages directly to peoples homes?
What is Rural Free Delivery
300
Who is Winnie the Pooh's best friend?
Who is Piglet?
400
Who were the two newspapermen that were competing in business?
Who are Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
400
What stated that if your father or grandfather could vote before 1867, you could too?
What is the Grandfather Clause
400
Orville and Wilbur Wright created this and flew to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
What is the Airplane
400
Who was the female newspaper editor that fought against the lynching of African Americans?
Who is Ida B. Wells
400
Who is part of the cat and mouse duo that always fight?
Who are Tom and Jerry?
500
What was the name of the African American who took a seat in the "Whites Only" section of a train and then tried to prove the wrongful use of the 14th Amendment?
Who is Homer Plessy
500
What system put laborers into slavery so they could work off debt?
What is Debt Peonage
500
George Eastman created this as a more convenient way to see pictures
What is the Kodak Camera
500
What was did people want to be taken away from African Americans without violating the 14th Amendment?
What are Voting Rights
500
Which character was Walt Disney's favorite?
Who is Goofy?