Life at the Turn of the 20th Century Summary Notes

Chapter 16: Life at the Turn of the 20th Century ***New Technologies improve urban living and a modern mass culture emerges. Reforms in Public education raise literacy rates; African Americans work to end legal discrimination. Advances in science and technology help solve Urban problems, including overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and death*** Section 1: Science and Urban Life: * Urban Planners- Mapped out plans for where buildings and companies would be constructed based on what was around them to complement each other. * Louis Sullivan was an architectural pioneer who designed the â€Å"proud and soaring,† ten story Wainwright building in St. Louis, Missouri. * Boston was a city of Back Bay area where it was originally†¦show more content†¦Most African Americans did not attend a high school. * Racism is a factor that prevented the greatest number of children from attending public high schools. * By writing and lecturing, W.E.B. Du Bois tried to end the lynching of African Americans. Section 3: Segregation and Discrimination: * Jim Crow Laws were state laws that separated the races and did not give the rights to vote and other rights to African American. * At the turn of the century, professional baseball, Vaudeville Theater and amusement parks became popular. * Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites to do so.’ * Henry George’s Progress and Poverty, advocates was a single tax on land as a mean to redistribute wealth for a greater social and economic justice. * Horatio Alger stories promoting values such as hard work, honesty, and a touch of good fortune sold millions of copies. * Immigrants encouraged to attend school; 10 million migrated into the U.S. * African Americans became â€Å"Americanized† or brought into the American dream and culture. * African American students in the Post-Civil War period were aided by black run organizations such as the Freedoms Bureau. * Poll Tax was an annual tax that had to be paid before qualifying to vote. * A GrandfatherShow MoreRelatedRagtime by E.L. 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