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CHAP. 8 HISTORY NOTE
CHAPTER 8 NOTES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which development in the late 1800’s allowed cities to expand outward? | new railroad lines. |
| Which development lowered the price of newspapers to a penny a copy? | a printing press that simultaneously printed both sides of the paper. |
| How did the introduction of the bicycle affect women's lives? | it made many women feel more independent. |
| Which type of fiction was very popular around the turn of the 20th century? | Western adventure tales. |
| In the Southwest, many Mexicans earned a living as what? | railroad workers and agricultural laborers. |
| Which effect can be traced directly to the Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson? | racial segregation was permitted for nearly 60 years. |
| In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the supreme court ruled what? | that racial segregation in public facilities was legal. |
| How did George Eastman contribute to an explosion in the popularity of photography? | by inventing a camera that used roll film instead of heavy glass plates. |
| Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to..? | keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites to do so. |
| Which of the following did NOT keep African Americans in the South from voting? | the seperare-but-equal doctrine. |
| Poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and literacy tests were all used to keep what? | African Americans in the south from voting. |
| Skyscrapers were made possible by the invention of what? | the elevator and a steel frame work. |
| All of the following became popular around the turn of the 20th century EXCEPT? | European literature. |
| All of the following became popular around the turn of the 20th century… | professional baseball, vaudeville theater, and amusement parks. |
| Jiw Crow laws were laws that | seperated the races. |
| Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the development of all of the following EXCEPT: | airplanes. |
| Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the development of what? | subways, skyscrapers, and suspension bridges. |
| What architect created an overall plan for Chicago that included a lakefront of elegant parks? | Daniel Burnham. |
| the popularity of bicycling and amusement parks reflected which trend of the 1900s? | an interest in leisure activities. |
| African Americans led the fight against what? | Voting restrictions + jim crow laws. |
| All of the following were trends in education around 1900 EXCEPT… | most African Americans attending high school. |
| All of the following were trends in education around 1900… | more students attending both elementary and high school, growth of kindergartens, and immigrants becoming "Americanized" by attending public schools. |
| the factor that prevented the greatest number of children from attending public high schools was what? | racism. |
| Reforms in public education led to what? | national literacy and the promotion of public education. |
| The public education system is the foundation of what? | the democratic ideas of american society. |
| Advances in science and technology help solved what problems? | urban problems, including overcrowding. |
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