Chapter 8 Test

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Skyscraper
elevators and steel allowed to built, helped cities go upward
Printing Press
invention that helped periodicals spread information
Railroad lines
subway and the El, helped cities expand outward
Central Park
Natural Setting in NY City
Brooklyn Bridge
Bridge took 14 years to complete, connected millions to NYC
Daniel Burnham
architect who helped plan Chicago and its lakefront and parks
George Eastman
inventor of Kodak camera
Wright Brothers (Orval/Wilbur)
credited with first flight and plane, helped airmail
Niagara Movement
movement that urged AA to get degrees and end segregation through education
Booker T. Washington
helped form Tuskegee and thought could end racism through labor and works
W.E.B Du Boisfirst AA graduate of HarvardPoll Taxway to keep AA from voting,Segregationseparation between whites and blacksLiteracy Testtest given to keep AA from votingDebt Peonagesystem of involuntary labor to pay off debts, used in SouthwestJim Crow Lawslaws in south that segregated blacks and whitesGrandfather Clauseallowed poor whites to vote, because their family had votedPlessy v Fergusonlandmark case that said separate but equal was allowedMark Twainauthored stories about humor and adventure, including Huckleberry Finn.Western Adventure Talestype of fiction most popular around 20th centuryRFDrural free delivery system delivered goods to rural areasJoseph Pulitzervery involved with newspaper and and rise of their influenceWilliam Randolph HearstSan Francisco paper and would fabrigate storiedSouthwest DiscriminationMexicans has worked on reailroad for less moneyPopular Mass Culturebaseball, theater, amusement parksPopular Leisure activitiesbicycle (gave women freedom) tennis, movies