Turn of the Century Study Guide

What did the Wright brothers get credit for inventing?

• The wind tunnel
• The bicycle
• The Airplane
• The Cotton Gin

Which court case stated that separate but equal facilities did not violate the US Constitution?

• Brown vs BOE
• Miranda vs Arizona
• Dred Scott vs Sandford
• Plessy vs Ferguson

As a result of Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896 many states especially in the southern US began to put in place ________________ laws.

• Abolition
• Republicanism
• Jim Crow
• Anti-discrimination

During the late 1800's and early 1900's many __________________ came to the United States to seek a better life.

• nativists
• immigrants
• abolitionists
• enslaved people

Which invention made it possible for factories and shops to stay open at night?

• the oil cup
• the typewriter
• the paper bag maker
• the electric light bulb

How did the transcontinental railroad change America?

• It slowed people down from visiting other states.
• It cost so much money that it caused a depression.
• It helped deliver goods quicker, and people could travel faster.
• It made a lot of people famous.

Founded the  Tuskegee Institute

• Ida B Wells
• Booker T Washington
• W E B Dubois
• Martin Luther King Jf

Laws that resulted in segregation of the races in many states.

• Poll Laws
• Literacy Laws
• Plessy Laws
• Jim Crow Laws

payment required to be allowed to vote

• poll tax
• income tax
• import tax
• grandfather tax

First Department Store

• Montgomery Ward
• Marshall Fields
• Sears
• Kmart