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39 Cards in this Set
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2 factors that enabled taller buildings
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steel frame and elevator
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2 types of electric transit that transforms urban transportation
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subways (ex: NY) and "L" trains (ex:Chicago)
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city planners design environmental areas for ______ use
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recreational use
(ex: boating, tennis court, a zoo, bike paths, and lots of green) |
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in 1890, the literacy rate in america has risen to __%
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90%
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3 things that rise to meet demands during the printing revolution
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books, magazines, newspapers
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mills begin to produce cheap ___, which made newspapers quicker and for a lower price, making it easier for americans to get info
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paper
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orville and wilbur wright
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-from dayton, OH
-"heavier than air" 12-17- 1903 Kitty Hawk, NC covered 120ft for 12 seconds -within 65 yr, man would go from flying for less than 15 sec to landing on the moon |
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before this time, photography is a professional activity.
___ comes up with a flexible film and markets his new camera and film to the masses. improves the field of ______ |
George Eastman
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between 1886 and 1895, states passed laws requiring __ to __ weeks annually between __ to __ years old
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12 to 16 weeks
8 to 15 years old |
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what does RRR stand for?
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reading, (w)riting, (a)rithmetic
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schools for children
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rote memorization, corporal punishment, bad teachers... despite this more children began to attend school at younger ages
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schools for both: 1880, __% white students, __% black students attend school
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62% white, 34% black
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not until 1940s would ____ schooling become a real option for black children living in the ____
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public; south
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high schools, educating immigrants, universities....
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all included in essay #1- skip this notecard
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booker t washington and web du bois
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essay #3
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tax paid for voting ..african americans were poor and couldn't afford to vote
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poll tax
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said that if your father or grandfather could vote before january 1, 1867 you could too (date- time before af am could vote)
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grandfather clause
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laws passed that segregated blacks and whites in both private and public places
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jim crow laws
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established separate but equal; legal basis for segregation
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plessy v ferguson
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race relations, violence, discrimination in the north...
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essay #4
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american leisure: things that began to appear for the 1st time
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advertising, leisure time activities, consumer culture
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amusement parks
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built by trolley car companies on outskirts of town.. why? because you would have to pay to go there and back
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safety bikes
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same size wheel, instead of one big and one small
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bicycling
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only a male thing... with the change, it helps to liberate more women
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americans take up ___ like they take up cycling
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tennis
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brand names that appear
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Hershey's chocolate bar, Coca-Cola
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2 spectator sports
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boxing and baseball
-started out as informal activities, but once people realized they could make money off of it they became profitable and widespread |
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makes the rules of baseball in the mid 1800s
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Alexander J Cartwright
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tour the country in 1869
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Cincinnati red stockings
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national league forms in ___
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1876
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american league forms in ___
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1900
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world series forms in ___
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1903
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newspapers...
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essay #5
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fine arts
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-art galleries begin to appear in all major cities.
-ashcan school begins to paint realism and life as it is with no frills -libraries in cities -fiction, crime tales, westerns -mark twain- huckleberry finn, tom sawyer |
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1st shopping center
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Cleveland
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precursor to the mall
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arcade
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what kind of stores opened?
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department stores
chain stores woolworths |
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advertisement
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advertise anything
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sears roebuck
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the catalog with delivery to people's homes
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