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The inventor of the popular roll-film camera was who
George Eastman
In Chicago, ___ opened the first department store in the nation.
Marshall Field
Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to
keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites to do so
Jim Crow laws were laws that
separated the races
who was the first president
george washington
The landscape architect ___ led the movement for planned urban parks
Frederick Law Olmsted
The first skyscraper was designed by ___.
Louis Sullivan
Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the development of all of the following Except
airplanes
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
separate but equal
AIR Which generalization is consistent with the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson?
separate but equal
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
Skyscrapers were made possible by the invention of
the elevator and a steel framework
Which development lowered the price of newspapers to a penny a copy?
printer press
Which type of fiction was very popular around the turn of the 20th century?
western fiction
Novelist and humorist ___ wrote books that have become American classics.
Mark Twain
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
Who expressed the belief that racism would end as blacks acquired practical work skills and proved their economic value to society?
Booker T Washington
who was the 44th president
Barak Obama
Competing with Joseph Pulitzer, ___ published sensational stories in his newspapers.
William Randolph Hearst
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
The popularity of bicycling and amusement parks reflected which trend of the 1900s?
Interest in leisure activities
who was the 16th president
Abraham Lincoln