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