Ch.8 Section 1-2

According to William Torrey Harris, what should schools be designed to do?

• Give people a better social status.

• Show people how to work in factories.

• Give students preparation for employment and citizenship.

• Send children straight into the workforce.

Who designed the first skyscraper?

• Louis Sullivan

• Frederick Olmsted

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Booker T. Washington

There was an annual law passed that stated students had to annually stay in school for 12 to 16 weeks, at what age could they attend school? 

• 8 to 14

• 5 to 18

• 6 to 10

• 10 to 15

What did the transit car do to the people living in the city?

• Helped thousands of people get to their jobs.

• Used for entertainment.

• Made it harder for people to get to their jobs.

• Moved products.

Why did adult immigrants attend night school?

• They were embarrassed to attend school during the day.

• They were not allowed to go to school during the day.

• So they could learn English to qualify to be an American citizen.

• They need to go to school to be able to work. 

The brothers who began as bicycle manufacturers and revolutionized flying and aviation.

• Chang and Eng Bunker

• Orville and Wilbur Wright

• Apollo and Artemis

• Davin and Gavin Blackmon

How did Industrial development change the nation's educational system? 

• It did not help the educational system.

• Brought colleges to make changes in curricula and admission policies.

• It made it easier for people to get into college.

Who developed a series of more convenient alternatives to the heavy glass plates used in photography?

• Frederick Law Olmsted

• Daniel Burnham

• Louis Sullivan

• George Eastman

What college(s) equipped African Americans with teaching diplomas and agriculture, domestic, and mechanical work skills?

• Tuskegee University

• Any private college

• Auburn University

• Kentucky State University

What date did the first plane take flight?

• October 12, 2023

• September 18, 1923

• December 17, 1903

• August 17, 1905