CH 16 People quizizz

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Joseph Pulitzer

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New York World newspaper was the first to exceed a million in circulation. Filled newspaper with stories of sin, sex, and sensation.

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Mark Twain

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United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn; also named the 'Gilded Age'.

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Daniel Burnham

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Designed the slender 285-foot tower in 1902, the Flatiron Building, and the Chicago Plan along the Michigan waterfront.

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Louis Henry Sullivan

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United States architect known for his steel-framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase 'form follows function'; also known as the Father of skyscrapers.

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George Eastman

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Developed convenient alternatives to heavy glass plates and created the Kodak camera.

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Fought for African American rights, helped found the Niagara Movement in 1905, which later led to the establishment of the NAACP.

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Booker T. Washington

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Prominent black American born into slavery; believed racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society; head of Tuskegee Institute in 1881.

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Ida B. Wells

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Protested against lynching, spoke out in the newspaper Free Speech, and asked the federal government for an anti-lynching law.

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William Torrey Harris

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U.S. commissioner of education (1889-1906); helped establish kindergartens in public schools, promoted educational reform, and saw public schools as a tool to lift all classes into civilized life.

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William Randolph Hearst

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Owned the New York Journal; tried to outdo the NY World in sensational stories and headlines, known for yellow journalism.