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