Science and Urban Life 8:1: Skyscrapers: 2 innovations led to skyscrapers, elevators and internal steel skeletons. Revolution in printing: mills began to produce huge quantities of cheap paper from the wood pulp, people could buy newspaper for a penny a day. Airplanes: experimented with a new engine that could be capable of lift off, Orville and Wilbur Wright's first successful flight happened on December 17th 1903. Photography: in 1888 George Eastman invented the first Kodak camera, it costed $25.
8:2 Education: Schools: they would study reading, writing, and arithmetic. Kindergartens weren't with the public schools. Growth of high schools: new subjects were introduced like science, civics, and social studies. Racial Discrimenation: by 1910 only 35 of African Americans were attending school. Change in Universities: colleges offered courses in maderate languages. Some colleges reguired entrance exams. Higher education for African Americans: after the civil war, many African Americans pursued higher education.
8:3 Segregation and Discrimination: Whites treatment against African Americans: made them go last, hated them, treated bad. Chinese: whites feared the chinese taking their jobs. Voting Restrictions: Blacks got harder questions, officials could pass or fail who they wanted. Grandfather Clause: if you are white and couldn't afford the poll tax, your father or grandfather could pay it for you. New York Race Riot: black guy killed a white guy cuz he was not being nice to the black guy's wife, then everyone attacked everyone. Homer Plessy: "seperate but equal" law was that blacks and whites had the same laws. Restrictions on African Americans: bad housing options, had to sit in the back of buses and other stuff, whites got employed before blacks.
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