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