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Science, Culture and Urban Life

List three major changes occurring in American cities near the turn of the century.(pgs.298-301)

a.

b.

c

How did advances in printing and photography change newspapers ? (pgs.301-302)

 

 

Identify:

Orville and Wilbur Wright

 

George Eastman

 

Education and Culture

Describe the type of discipline practiced in public schools. ( A Personal Voice, pg.304)

 

 

What was the purpose of the public high school ? (pg.304)

 

 

Why did some immigrants oppose sending their children to public schools around the turn of the century ? (pg.305)

 

 

Identify:

Mark Twain (pg.308)

 

 

Segregation and Discrimination

Describe the discrimination against Chinese immigrants at the turn of the century ? (pg.313)

 

 

How did the Plessey v. Ferguson ruling affect the civil rights of African-Americans ? (pg.311)

 

 

Contrast the approach of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois regarding the struggle for racial equality.

Washington (pg.307)

 

Du Bois (pg.306-307)

 

Identify: (pg.310)

literacy test

 

poll tax

 

grandfather clauses

 

Jim Crow Laws

 

 

The Dawn of Mass Culture

How did bicycle riding change women's lives ? (pg.315)

 

 

What were three sports which became popular at the turn of the century ? (pgs.315-316)

 

 

What were two new food products which came on the market at the turn of the century ? (pg.316)

 

 

What types of entertainment appealed to people at the turn of the century ? (pg.318)

 

 

 

How did Joseph Pulitzer's World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Morning Journal attempt to lure readers ? (pg.319)

 

 

 

What innovations in retail methods changed the way Americans shopped during this time period ? (pg.321)

 

 

 

Identify:

Vaudeville (pg.317)

 

ragtime (pg.317)

 

Barnum and Bailey (pg.317)

 

Scott Joplin (pg.317)