Life at the Turn of the Century

Who invented the first airplane that could successfully hold a human and an engine in 1903.

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• George Washington Carver
• The Wright Brothers

Where was the first flight

• Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
• Fort Sumter, South Carolina
• Charlotte, North Carolina
• Charleston, South Carolina

Which of the following was NOT one of the main reasons people immigrated to the United States?

• To have the opportunity to earn more money

• To keep their family together

• To have religious freedom

• To escape famine, natural disaster, war, and persecution

What new invention made taller buildings more practical for inhabitants?

• steel frames

• urban planning

• immigrant labor

• elevators

A major reason for the emergence of a “consumer culture” in the 1920s was that

• the Federal Government encouraged labor to unionize

• advertising and installment payments encouraged buying

• minimum-wage laws expanded buying power

• enforcement of antitrust laws resulted in higher prices

How did leisure pursuits change after the world became industrialized?

• Husbands and wives worked together and played together.

• People pursued leisure activities separately from work.

• Families enjoyed themselves whenever they were home together.

• Work and leisure took place at the same time.

-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education

• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Booker T. Washington

Which person accepted social separation and believed racial equality could be achieved through vocational education?

•  Booker T. Washington
• Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• . W.E.B. Du Bois                               
• William Lloyd Douglas

Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?

• William Lloyd Douglas
• W.E.B. Du Bois
• George Washington     
• Booker T. Washington

The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?

• Assimilation                        
• Civil Rights
• Segregation         
• Desegregation