Ch.16 Flashcards
Architect, designed the ten-story Wainwright building in St. Louis
Louis Sullivan
designed the 285 foot tower, Flatiron Building
Daniel Burnham
Landscape Architect, spearheaded the movement for planned urban parks
Frederick law olmsted
How did changes in transportation affect cities and suburbs
enabled cities to annex suburban developments that mushroomed along the advancing transportation routes
designed brooklyn bridge
John Roebling
Why was there a need for city planning
Sought to restore a measure of serenity to the environment by designing recreational areas.
Orville and Wilbur Wright
bicycle manufacturers from Dayton, Ohio
Expirement with plan engines
built a glider
basic curriculum
reading, writing, arithmetic
Expanded curriculum
Science, civics, and social studies
why did catholics in major cities establish schools for their children
They were concerned because many public schools systems had mandatory readings from the (Protestant) king James Version of the bible. So they set up Parachial schools to give their children a catholic education
Parochial school
a school supported by a church parish
three universities for blacks
Howard, atlanta, fisk universities`
where did Booker T Washington graduate
Virginia’s hampton institute
what school did booker found
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
What was booker t philosophy
Gather useful skills, work hard, and vote with the “Little Green Ballot:
Where did W.E.B Dubois earn a doctorate
Harvard
what was Dubois philosphy
insisted blacks should seek a liberal arts education so that the African American community would have well-educated leaders
What was the talented tenth
attempt to achieve immediate inclusion into mainstream American Life
segregration
the separation of people in the basis of race
Literacy tests
required registration officials to administer these
Poll Taxes
Blacks and sharecroppers were often too poor to pay the annual tax
Grandfather clauses
allowed whites who did not qualify on these 2 counts could vote:
-if their father or grandfather had been eligble to vote before Jan. 1, 1867 (prior to passage of the 15 amendment)
Jim Crow Laws
These were racial segregation laws that were passed by southern states to separate whites and blacks
-named after an old minstrel song that ended “Jump, Jim Crow”
Plessy vs Ferguson
A Creole man named Homer Plessy was riding in a train in the Whites only car
The conductor had him removed, arrested, and he was convicted in District Court in New Orleans
Crime: he had broken the Louisiana segregation law
Plessy sued under the 14th amendment: gives equal protection under the law
Ruling: Separate-But-Equal facilities for Blacks and Whites did not violate the Constitution
Doctrine: Separate but equal
