Politics of the Gilded Age
This person who founded the Niagara Movement, and insisted that African American students should seek a liberal arts education so that the African American community would have well-educated leaders
This is the other name of laws established by states to legally discriminate against African Americans, otherwise known as Jim Crow Laws
Name of the drink created at the turn of the century to stop headaches and boost energy
his Act authorized a bipartisan civil service commission to make appointments to federal jobs through a merit system based on candidates’ performance based on examination.
This person is the Architect who spearheaded the movement for planned urban parks
The name of the court case that tested the constitutionality of segregation
Author of Huckleberry Finn who inspired a host of young authors when he declared his independence of “literature and all that bosh”
This is giving government jobs to people who have helped a candidate get elected
These Architects who pioneered the construction of skyscrapers
Louis Sullivan & Daniel Burnham
This is system that bound laborers into slavery in order to work off a debt of an employer
System developed that brought packages directly to your home
This President signed the McKinley Tariff Act, raising tariffs on manufactured goods to their highest level in American history, at that time
This is the percentage of black teenagers who were allowed to attend high school in 1890
This was enacted when white men failed literacy tests and poll taxes in Southern States and allowed them to vote
Name of wealthy “yellow” journalist who purchased the New York Morning Journal and the San Francisco Examiner