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