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Cities And American Culture

Subject : culture
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1. A religious organization that organized social activities and helped jewish immigrants: Christians also had a similar organization






2. Where was the first 9 story skyscraper built and why?






3. An african american composer who helped make ragtime popular






4. High rates of babies dying






5. How did a Building boom changes american cities






6. In 1890 - 1 out of how many people lived in cities?






7. Inexpensive paperback books that told adventure stories






8. In 1860 - 1 out of how many people lived in cities?






9. Created first modern mass circulation newspaper (New York World)






10. Publisher who used yellow journalism






11. Sent out traveling groups to educate people






12. When did Urbanization begin?

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13. Skyscrapers - Elevators got quicker






14. What was the most popular sport in the nation?






15. Was a school for grown up' - and was in the summer. created in 1874






16. What were the conditions of the tenements






17. A reporter who pretended to be insane to write entries about mental hospitals






18. Struggle to survive in slums






19. A realistic Painter






20. Writer who exposed poor living conditions in inner cities/slums






21. A six or seven story building that was divided in to smaller buildings






22. Built and designed a 3 arches across Mississippi river at St. Louis






23. These people moved from the rural south for job opportunities and to escape Jim Crow Laws






24. What did the urban middle class depend on?






25. What was the biggest killer in tenements (Infant Mortality)






26. An author who wrote realistic stories about the wilderness such as 'White Fang'






27. A nine story department store built in 1902






28. A type of school that is sponsored by the Church






29. These required children to attend School: These were passed mainly in the north.






30. How long is a typical school day?






31. A style of writing and art that tried to depict life just as it was






32. Who made up the middle class?






33. laws that set standards for construction and safety






34. Where was the first subway built in 1897






35. What grew from European Soccer?






36. These sold many products all under one roof






37. The growth of cities: the movement of people from rural areas or elsewhere to the cities






38. A variety show that included comedians - acrobats and other performances






39. People that wanted to change - pressured city governments






40. News reporting that is often biased or false; it also sensationalized headlines and stories to boost sales






41. How do Americans spend their leisure time?






42. These speech and habits of a particular region






43. One Big Urban problem






44. Brookly Bridge was built - First suburbs were created - Traffic and jammed streets.






45. MLB banned these players when it started






46. Planned Central Park in NY






47. A reformer who founded the hull house






48. Two reasons african americans moved to cities






49. Writer who used local color






50. Started in London: it spread christian teachings and offered help to the poor







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