Ch.16 Flashcards

1
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Architect, designed the ten-story Wainwright building in St. Louis

A

Louis Sullivan

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2
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designed the 285 foot tower, Flatiron Building

A

Daniel Burnham

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3
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Landscape Architect, spearheaded the movement for planned urban parks

A

Frederick law olmsted

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4
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How did changes in transportation affect cities and suburbs

A

enabled cities to annex suburban developments that mushroomed along the advancing transportation routes

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5
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designed brooklyn bridge

A

John Roebling

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6
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Why was there a need for city planning

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Sought to restore a measure of serenity to the environment by designing recreational areas.

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7
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Orville and Wilbur Wright

A

bicycle manufacturers from Dayton, Ohio
Expirement with plan engines
built a glider

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8
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basic curriculum

A

reading, writing, arithmetic

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9
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Expanded curriculum

A

Science, civics, and social studies

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10
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why did catholics in major cities establish schools for their children

A

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

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11
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Parochial school

A

a school supported by a church parish

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12
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three universities for blacks

A

Howard, atlanta, fisk universities`

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13
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where did Booker T Washington graduate

A

Virginia’s hampton institute

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14
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what school did booker found

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Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute

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15
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What was booker t philosophy

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Gather useful skills, work hard, and vote with the “Little Green Ballot:

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16
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Where did W.E.B Dubois earn a doctorate

A

Harvard

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17
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what was Dubois philosphy

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insisted blacks should seek a liberal arts education so that the African American community would have well-educated leaders

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18
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What was the talented tenth

A

attempt to achieve immediate inclusion into mainstream American Life

19
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segregration

A

the separation of people in the basis of race

20
Q

Literacy tests

A

required registration officials to administer these

21
Q

Poll Taxes

A

Blacks and sharecroppers were often too poor to pay the annual tax

22
Q

Grandfather clauses

A

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)

23
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Jim Crow Laws

A

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”

24
Q

Plessy vs Ferguson

A

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

25
Q

2 examples of racial etiquette

A

never shook hands
blacks had to yield sidewalk to whites
black men had to remove their hats for whites

26
Q

2 locations of coney island

A

Brooklyn seashore in NY

Cincy

27
Q

Fountains Ferry Park

A
  • Opened in the west end of Louisville in 1905 and lasted until 1965
  • it was integrated in 1964 and racial unrest followed
  • It was renamed twice and closed after several fires in 1975
28
Q

2 new snacks

A

Hershey chocalte bar

Coca-cola

29
Q

New popular sports

A

bicycling
tennis
boxing

30
Q

Inventor of baseball

A

Alexander Cartwright

31
Q

First paid team

A

Cincy red stockings

32
Q

First world series

A

1903

Boston pilgrims vs pit pirates

33
Q

Joseph Pulitzer

A

The NY world in 1883

  • began the innovation of the sunday edition
  • comics
  • sports page
  • womens news
  • emphasized: sin, sex, and sensation” to readers
34
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William Randolph Hearst

A

Bought the NY morning journal and the and fran examiner

35
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how did hearst and pulitzer compete with each otther

A
  • tried to out do pulitzer with exaggerated stories of scandal, cruelty, even an imaginary conquest of MArs
36
Q

First department store

A

Marshall field of chicago

37
Q

First chain stores

A

F.W Woolworth

King of the FIVE-AND-DIME

38
Q

two catalogue houses

A

montgomery ward and sears roebuck

39
Q

Ashcan School of Art

A

Thomas Eakins

Painted urban life with realism

40
Q

Dime novels

A

became popular as thee country became more literate

-These were usually glorified adventure tales

41
Q

Jack London

A

The call of the wild

42
Q

Mark Twain

A

Huckleberry Finn

43
Q

Edith Wharton

A

The age of innocence