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BLK Lead & Industry
Black Leadership Emerges in the South and The Age of Industry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (Black Leadership Emerges in the South) What is the approximate date when black leadership emerged in the South | 1870 |
| In 1870 the Constitution was amended. What right was given to black men? What happened as a result of this? | Black men were given the right to vote. Blacks were elected to government offices and black schools were established. |
| For what was Booker T. Washington known? | He was known for his support of Negro colleges. |
| From what school did Booker T. Washington graduate? | Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia |
| What was the Tuskegee Institute? Who ran it? | The Tuskegee Institute was a vocational school that trained students in farming, carpentry, teaching, and other useful jobs. It was headed by Booker T. Washington. |
| What is George Washington Carver best known for inventing? | Hundreds of uses for peanuts. |
| Where did Carver teach? What did he urge farmers to do? | He was a scientist and a professor at Tuskegee College. He urged farmers to rotate crops with legumes which would add nutrients to the soil. |
| What did Carver learn about cotton? | It was removing valuable nutrients from the land |
| From what plants did Carver invent hundreds of products? | Sweet potatoes and peanuts. |
| (The Age of Industry) What are the approximate dates for the Age of Industry? | c. 1870- 1900 |
| What did the completion of the transcontinental railroad allow? | It allowed many more people and goods to go west. |
| What did factories build during the War Between the States now produce? | Machine made clothes |
| New products that were created used__________ | Steel and fuel oil |
| List some items that caused people to move from the farm to the city | Trains, tall buildings, steel plows, and sewing machines. |
| What did huge companies make available to people | new products and services |
| List six large company owners and what they produced. | Andrew Carnegie- steel; John D. Rockefeller- oil; Cornelius Vanderbilt- railroads; Pillsbury, Kellogg, and Heinz- food products |
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