Name _________________________________________ Date ___________________ Period ______
Education and Culture at the Turn of 20th Century
(Ch. 8, pages 282 – 297) [green = 303 – 319]
Directions: As you read the textbook, answer the following questions
1. Under “One American’s Story,” how did William Harris and other reformers view education?
2. Why did high schools become more important during the industrial age?
3. Why did business leaders view public schools as “ladders upon which the aspiring can rise”?
4. According to the “Expanding Education/Increasing Literacy” chart:
a. How many students does each stick figure represent?
b. How much did the illiteracy rate drop from 1870 to 1920?
c. Does the number of immigrants arriving during this period make the reduction in illiteracy
MORE or LESS impressive? And Why?
5. Why did most immigrants send their children to school?
6. What institutions encouraged European immigrants to become assimilated?
7. How did African Americans pursue higher education despite their exclusion from white institutions?
8. How did Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois differ in their views on education for African
Americans?
Segregation and Discrimination (Ch. 8, Sect 3) p287 [310]
Chart: Complete the chart by describing how each of the entries kept African Americans from
attaining full civil rights.
Measure
Effects
Poll Tax
Jim Crow laws
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Dawn of Mass Culture (Ch. 8, Sect 4)
Page 292 – 296 [green = 314 – 319]
9. How does this quote describe the end of the 19th century? “Eight hours for work, eight hours
for rest, and eight hours for what we will.”
10. How did the mass production of bicycles change women’s lives?
11. Why do you think sports were so popular among Americans at the turn of the century?
12. How did the World and the Journal attract readers?
13. Interpreting Political Cartoons (p297) [319]: According to the cartoonist, where were
Pulitzer and Hearst leading American journalism? Was it positive or Negative, explain?