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11th
grade
Chapter 16 Life at the Turn of the 20th Century
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWho invented roll film cameras called kodak?Mark TwainGeorge EastmanMarshall FieldLouis Sullivan
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHe competed with Joseph Pulitzer and published sensational stories in his newspaper.Ida. B WellsWilliam Randolph HearstMark TwainGeorge Eastman
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?Separate but not equalJim Crow LawsSeparate but EqualLynching laws
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWho expressed the belief that racism would end as African Americans acquired practical work skills?W.E.B. DuBoisIda B. WellsLouis SullivanBooker T. Washington
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWho was responsible for planning urban parks, Forrest and Central Parks?Louis SullivanDaniel BurnhamFrederick Law OlmsteadGeorge Eastman
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho founded the Tuskegee Institute to develop job skills?Daniel BurnhamW.E.B. DuBoisIda B. WellsBooker T. Washington
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT segregated according to the Jim Crow Laws?SchoolsPoll BoothsHospitalsChurch
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe U.S. Postal service introduced a new system to boost the mail-order business called?USD DeliveryFed Ex DeliveryUPS DeliveryRFD Delivery
- 9. Multiple ChoiceMexican workers were forced into a system of slavery to work off a debt to their employer is called what?SegregationDebt PeonageMinstrelJim Crow Laws
- 10. Multiple Choice
Exaggerated news reports of events is know as ________________________.
Treaty of Paris Journalism
Critic Journalism
Yellow Journalism
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which two American inventors are credited with creating the first successful airplane in the world?
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell and Henry Ford
George Washington Carver and Levi Strauss
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWho experienced the first sustained flight?George EastmanHenry FordWilbur and Orville WrightWEB DuBois
- 13. Multiple ChoiceSensationalized news stories that exaggerated the truthMuckrakingYellow JournalismMass MediaDime Novels
- 14. Multiple ChoiceForcing voters to take an exam to prove their competencyPoll TaxLiteracy TestGrandfather ClauseJim Crow Laws
- 15. Multiple ChoiceForcing voters to pay in order to cast a ballotPoll TaxLiteracy TestGrandfather ClauseJim Crow Laws
- 16. Multiple ChoiceStipulation that allowed men whose relatives voted prior to 1867 to vote despite an inability to read and pay taxesPoll TaxLiteracy TestGrandfather ClauseJim Crow Laws
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe killing of a person or group of people by a mob without a proper trialLynchingManslaughterCapital PunishmentCorporal Punishment
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following people advocated for federal anti-lynching laws?Ida TarbellIda B. WellsMary JonesMarcus Garvey
- 19. Multiple ChoiceAfrican Americans should gain a liberal arts educationBooker T. WashingtonWEB DuBois
- 20. Multiple ChoiceAfrican Americans should focus on learning vocational skillsBooker T. WashingtonWEB DuBois
- 21. Multiple ChoiceA common phrase associated with Jim Crow Laws is, ___________________."separate but equalFreedman's BureauAmendment Thirteen
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