1/23/23 Flashcards
What was the 18th amendment repealed by and when
The 21st amendment and in 1933
She was americas first female millionaire and she created a hair care line
Mdm cj walker
What does the NAACP stand for and when was it made
1909, National association for the advancement of colored people
Co founder of NAACP and urged African Americans to fight discrimination actively
W.E.B Dubois
Wanted blacks and whites to live in harmony. He helped find the Tuskegee Institute
Booker T Washington
Scientist at the Tuskegee institute, founded over 300 uses for the peanut, one was shampoo
George Washington carver
Tall buildings with many floors
Skyscrapers
Horse drawn carriages and now transitioned to electric street car
Transportation
Frank sprague
An engineerr
Residential areas near the outskirts of a city
Suburbs
Sports during the old times
Baseball, football, basketball
Threw underhand not overhand
Pitchers
Organized the first African American baseball team - b/c African Americans weren’t allowed in the big leagues
Frank Thompson
who invented basketball
james Naismith
Where was Booker T Washington born?
Virgina