Week 22 Changing Times

Life in urban areas was overcrowded. Urban areas are in the

• city

• country

• near the ocean

Because of overcrowding, builders started building _______ to solve the problem of space.

• subways

• skyscrapers

• railroads

By 1918, children were required by law to attend school at least through _______ school.

• elementary

• middle

• high

_______ was an African American teacher who started Tuskegee University in Alabama.

• Susan B Anthony

• Henry Ford

• Booker T. Washington

The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

• ended slavery

• gave women the right to vote

• made elementary education mandatory

_______ were laws that made it difficult for African Americans to vote, own property, or work at certain jobs.

• Black Codes

• Amendments

• Reforms

Henry Ford paid his employees $5 a day to work for him because

• he felt sorry for them

• he wanted them to be able to buy one of the cars they were helping to make

• he wanted them to be able to live in a home in a nice neighborhood

The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

• ended slavery

• gave women the right to vote

• allowed the government to collect income taxes from citizens

African Americans were set apart from whites in schools, theaters, restaurants, and other public places. This is called

• suffrage

• industrialization

• segregation

Cities connected neighborhoods together with

• railroads and radios

• televisions and radios

• telephones and radios