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Cities And American Culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An author who wrote realistic stories about the wilderness such as 'White Fang'
Tenements turn into death traps
Jack London
Realism
Moving people
2. High rates of babies dying
Scott Joplin
Chautauqua society
Tenement
Infant mortality
3. A nine story department store built in 1902
William randolph Hearst
Social Gospel
R.H. Macy
Compulsory Education Laws
4. These people moved from the rural south for job opportunities and to escape Jim Crow Laws
Baseball
Salvation Army
African Americans
Moving people
5. How did a Building boom changes american cities
Building Upward - Moving People - Public Parks & Shopping
Reformers
James Eads
Building Upward
6. A reformer who founded the hull house
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Jane Addams
Urbanization
Dime Novels
7. A type of school that is sponsored by the Church
Parochial
Urbanization
Winslow Homer
Chicago as a result of the Chicago fire of 1885
8. The growth of cities: the movement of people from rural areas or elsewhere to the cities
Building Upward
Realism
On the Outskirts of the city
Urbanization
9. Writer who used local color
Building Codes
Urban poor
Skyscraper
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
10. Where was the first 9 story skyscraper built and why?
No windows - heat - indoor bathrooms
Joseph pulitzer
Chicago as a result of the Chicago fire of 1885
1 out of 5
11. What are the 3 r's?
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12. These were tall building that were supported by a lightweight steel frame
Skyscraper
On the Outskirts of the city
Vaudeville
Football
13. What were the conditions of the tenements
Urbanization
Tenements turn into death traps
Baseball
No windows - heat - indoor bathrooms
14. Writer who exposed poor living conditions in inner cities/slums
YMHA
Tenement
Building Upward - Moving People - Public Parks & Shopping
Jacob Riis
15. In 1890 - 1 out of how many people lived in cities?
1 out of 3
R.H. Macy
Scott Joplin
Frederick Law Olmsted
16. What grew from European Soccer?
Vaudeville
Infant mortality
Football
Winslow Homer
17. When did Urbanization begin?
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18. A style of writing and art that tried to depict life just as it was
Infant mortality
reading - rhythmic - and 'riting
Realism
Salvation Army
19. An african american composer who helped make ragtime popular
Vaudeville
Scott Joplin
methodist church
African Americans
20. Started in London: it spread christian teachings and offered help to the poor
Salvation Army
African Americans
Baseball
1 out of 5
21. Where was the first subway built in 1897
reading - rhythmic - and 'riting
Moving people
Jacob Riis
Boston
22. These required children to attend School: These were passed mainly in the north.
Building Upward
Chautauqua society
Compulsory Education Laws
Jack London
23. Created first modern mass circulation newspaper (New York World)
Joseph pulitzer
Yellow Journalism
Chicago as a result of the Chicago fire of 1885
Scott Joplin
24. In 1860 - 1 out of how many people lived in cities?
Salvation Army
methodist church
Jack London
1 out of 5
25. A realistic Painter
Jacob Riis
African Americans
Leisure activities and clubs/organizations
Winslow Homer
26. Was a school for grown up' - and was in the summer. created in 1874
Tenements turn into death traps
methodist church
Dime Novels
Yellow Journalism
27. One Big Urban problem
Tenements turn into death traps
Winslow Homer
Building Upward
African Americans
28. What was the most popular sport in the nation?
Baseball
Early 1800's
On the Outskirts of the city
Football
29. Sent out traveling groups to educate people
Realism
Tenements turn into death traps
Chicago as a result of the Chicago fire of 1885
Chautauqua society
30. People that wanted to change - pressured city governments
On the Outskirts of the city
Infant mortality
Salvation Army
Reformers
31. How do Americans spend their leisure time?
YMHA
reading - rhythmic - and 'riting
African Americans
Baseball - Football - Basketball
32. A variety show that included comedians - acrobats and other performances
Football
Frederick Law Olmsted
Vaudeville
Chautauqua society
33. Andrew Carnegie believed in this teaching; it called upon successful member of society to help the poor
YMHA
methodist church
Scott Joplin
Social Gospel
34. Where did the rich live?
Social Gospel
Building Upward - Moving People - Public Parks & Shopping
On the Outskirts of the city
Nellie Bly
35. What did the urban middle class depend on?
Yellow Journalism
Tenements turn into death traps
On the Outskirts of the city
Leisure activities and clubs/organizations
36. Planned Central Park in NY
Disease/Sickness
Frederick Law Olmsted
Boston
Tenement
37. Struggle to survive in slums
Urban poor
Jack London
Baseball - Football - Basketball
Parochial
38. These sold many products all under one roof
Chautauqua society
Local Color
Vaudeville
Department Store
39. MLB banned these players when it started
Compulsory Education Laws
African Americans
Jack London
Vaudeville
40. How long is a typical school day?
Parochial
William randolph Hearst
8 am to 4 pm
methodist church
41. News reporting that is often biased or false; it also sensationalized headlines and stories to boost sales
Social Gospel
Yellow Journalism
Doctors - Lawyers - Business owners and skilled laborers
Building Upward
42. Brookly Bridge was built - First suburbs were created - Traffic and jammed streets.
Building Upward - Moving People - Public Parks & Shopping
Chautauqua society
Moving people
Compulsory Education Laws
43. What was the biggest killer in tenements (Infant Mortality)
Disease/Sickness
African Americans
Salvation Army
William randolph Hearst
44. These speech and habits of a particular region
Local Color
Jane Addams
Parochial
Chicago as a result of the Chicago fire of 1885
45. Inexpensive paperback books that told adventure stories
Salvation Army
Dime Novels
African Americans
Boston
46. Two reasons african americans moved to cities
Seek a better life (job) - Escape predjudice
R.H. Macy
Baseball - Football - Basketball
Chicago as a result of the Chicago fire of 1885
47. laws that set standards for construction and safety
Vaudeville
Social Gospel
African Americans
Building Codes
48. A six or seven story building that was divided in to smaller buildings
Doctors - Lawyers - Business owners and skilled laborers
Tenement
Chautauqua society
Building Codes
49. Built and designed a 3 arches across Mississippi river at St. Louis
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
James Eads
Moving people
Joseph pulitzer
50. Who made up the middle class?
Doctors - Lawyers - Business owners and skilled laborers
Winslow Homer
William randolph Hearst
Tenements turn into death traps