life at the turn of the century

made for relaxation "Greenward" New York city envisioned the park as a rustic haven in the center of the busy city

designed this slender 285 foot tower in 1902. The flatiron building + other new buildings; served as symbols of a rich/optimistic society

first to figure out how to get the plane off the ground;built a glider; first successful flight on Dec 17, 1903

first to graduate with a doctorite;moved to Tenn to go to college;found living is different in south; moved to Harvard

founded Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute;believed that racism would end once black acquired useful labor skills + proved economic valu

founded by Booker T Washington; now Tuskegee University AL no race

group was forced to meet;pledge their loyalty to his movement;wanted every right to equal them as whites got turned to NAACP

moved to memphis to teach;later became an editor;turned into a crusade

an annual tax that had to be paid before qualifying to vote; black as well as white sharecroppers were often too poor to pay poll tax

laws to separate white & black people in public & private facilities

even if a man failed the literacy test or could not afford poll tax; he was stilll able to vote if father/grandather got to vote Jan 1867

laws to separate white/black people in public/private facilities

1896-supreme court ruled that the separation of races in public accommodations was legal (test the constitutionality of segregation)

a system that bound laborers into slavery in order to work off a debt to the employter

Hungarian immigrant who had bought the New York world in 1833; pioneered popular innovations such as large sunday edition comics,sports,news

published New York morning journal , 1895

novelist/humorist, inspired a host of other young authors when he declared his independence of "literature & all that bash"

government practice of testing literacy of potential citizens