US History--Chapter 16 Review

What advance in communication did the US government make in 1920?

Who was Chicago's principal architect in the late 1880s and early 1900s?

What did Jim Crow laws in the South do?

What city was the first to electrify its street cars?

What did "The Great Train Robbery" usher in?

What greatly changed transportation in cities beginning in the late 1800s?

What led to the growth of suburbs beginning in the late 1800s?

What is America's greatest contribution to architect?

What greatly increased the production and sales of newspapers and magazines?

What artistic movement became popular in late 1880s America?

What Supreme Court ruling permitted racially segregated facilities?

What American writer wrote a classic novel about a boy who rafted the Mississippi River?

What did Southerners do to keep African Americans from voting?

What famous architect designed many "modern" homes in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois?

By 1900 ______ of American children attended elementary school.

Who is known as the "father of skyscrapers"?

Where did the Wright brothers make their first flight?

In the early 1900s most public schools in the South

Who was the first African American to obtain a doctorate degree from Harvard?

How did cities relieve growing congestion in their streets?

By 1900 rapid industrialization and higher living standards allowed many white people to

What did George Eastman invent in 1888?

What other city landscapes did Frederick Law Olmsted design?

What happened to immigrant children who went to American schools?

What famous architect studied under Louis Sullivan?

What was the first skyscraper designed by Louis Sullivan?

After 1880 enrollment of ________________ in high schools increased dramatically.

After 1880, increasing numbers of people migrated from cities to farms.

Who founded the NAACP?

How did the curriculum of high schools change around 1900?

HOw did industrialization change America's higher education system?

Who designed Central Park in New York City?

What did African Americans do to try to get a job and escape discrimination in 1900?

Prior to the Civil War, few young people went to _________________.

Who conducted the first successful flight in the United States?

After 1880, new farm machinery made American farms more efficient and required less labor.

How did better public education impact the literacy rate by 1890?

What did city planners do to make city living more enjoyable?

What show included animals & travelled by train to towns around the nation?

Two sports that became very popular beginning in the early 1900s were

What writer wrote many novels based on his experiences at a young age on ships?

What 2 inventions allowed buildings to be built taller beginning in 1900?

Who funded the building of public libraries in towns across America?

What allowed the production of large amounts of cheap paper?

What new form of music became very popular & was performed by Scott Joplin in the early 1900s?

The Kodak camera helped create the field of ___________________.

What major sports championship was first held in 1903?

What design did Daniel Burnham draw up for the city of Chicago?

In 1900 how many Americans attended college?