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