Life at the Turn of the Century
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Muckrakers
investigative journalists during the Progressive Era who exposed corruption in big business, poor working conditions, and social injustices
Niagara Movement
founded by W.E.B. Du Bois, insisted blacks should seek a liberal arts education so that the African-American community would have well-educated leaders, forming the (NAACP).
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded by Du Bois, group used to fight racism
Louis Sullivan
invented the skyscraper
Electric Transit
electricity, skyscrapers allowing cities to expand outward, underground moving cables which powered streetcar lines.
John Augustus Roebling
invented the Suspension Bridge
Fredrick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux
created Urban Planning
The Wright brothers
created airmail
George Eastmen
invented the Kodak Camera
Mail-Order Catalogs
Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck brought retail merchandise to small towns. Ward’s catalog, launched in 1872, grew from a single sheet the first year to a booklet with ordering instructions in ten languages.