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- 2. Also known as Samuel Langhorne Clemens was a novelist and humorist that inspired a host of other young authors when he declared his independence of ¨ literature and all that bosh.¨
- 8. A group of early 20th century American artists who often painted realistic pictures of city life- such as tenements and homeless people- thus earning them their name.
- 9. Developed a series of more convenient alternatives to the heavy glass plates and in 1888 he introduced his Kodak camera which was $25.
- 11. Main competitor of Joseph Pulitzer, Hearst purchased the New York Morning Journal in 1895.
- 16. The separation of people on the basis of race.
- 18. Brother of Wilbur Wright, bicycle manufacturer from Dayton, Ohio, experimented with new engines and first built a glider then designed a biplane with a 40´4¨ wingspan. First successful flight on December 7, 1903.
- 19. Hungarian immigrant who bought The New York World in 1883, pioneered popular innovations, such as a large Sunday edition, comics, sports coverage, and women's news.
- 20. An annual tax that formerly had to be paid in some Southern states by anyone wishing to vote.
- 21. A provision that exempts certain people from a law on the basis of previously existing circumstances, especially a clause formerly in some Southern states´ constitutions that exempted whites from the strict voting requirements used to keep African Americans from the polls.
- 22. Brother of Orville Wright, bicycle manufacturer from Dayton, Ohio, experimented with new engines and first built a glider then designed a biplane with a 40´4¨ wingspan. First successful flight on December 7, 1903.
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- 1. A system in which workers are bound in servitude until their debts are paid.
- 3. The free government delivery of mail and packages to homes in rural areas, begun in 1896.
- 4. First African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard in 1895. In 1905 he founded the Niagara Movement.
- 5. African American educator who was born enslaved and graduated from Virginia's Hampton Institute. 1881, he headed the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.
- 6. She was born into slavery, worked as a teacher then became an editor of a local paper.
- 7. Laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.
- 10. Founded by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1905 to promote the education of African Americans in the liberal arts.
- 12. An 1896 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that separation of the races in public accommodations was legal, thus establishing the separate but equal doctrine.
- 13. drew up a plan for Greensward ,which was selected to become Central Park in New York City.
- 14. Founded in 1881, and led by Booker T. Washington, to equip African Americans with teaching diplomas and useful skills in the trades and agriculture.
- 15. Architect that designed the ten-story Wainwright Building in St. Louis.
- 17. Designed the slender 285-foot Flatiron Building in 1902 located in New York.