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