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Cities And American Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How long is a typical school day?






2. What did the urban middle class depend on?






3. A religious organization that organized social activities and helped jewish immigrants: Christians also had a similar organization






4. A type of school that is sponsored by the Church






5. MLB banned these players when it started






6. One Big Urban problem






7. Where was the first subway built in 1897






8. Sent out traveling groups to educate people






9. Struggle to survive in slums






10. Andrew Carnegie believed in this teaching; it called upon successful member of society to help the poor






11. A realistic Painter






12. Where was the first 9 story skyscraper built and why?






13. What grew from European Soccer?






14. Writer who used local color






15. How do Americans spend their leisure time?






16. A reformer who founded the hull house






17. A variety show that included comedians - acrobats and other performances






18. An african american composer who helped make ragtime popular






19. Built and designed a 3 arches across Mississippi river at St. Louis






20. What are the 3 r's?

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21. What was the biggest killer in tenements (Infant Mortality)






22. Started in London: it spread christian teachings and offered help to the poor






23. Publisher who used yellow journalism






24. What was the most popular sport in the nation?






25. Who made up the middle class?






26. Writer who exposed poor living conditions in inner cities/slums






27. A six or seven story building that was divided in to smaller buildings






28. These required children to attend School: These were passed mainly in the north.






29. High rates of babies dying






30. The growth of cities: the movement of people from rural areas or elsewhere to the cities






31. What were the conditions of the tenements






32. In 1860 - 1 out of how many people lived in cities?






33. A style of writing and art that tried to depict life just as it was






34. Where did the rich live?






35. Was a school for grown up' - and was in the summer. created in 1874






36. When did Urbanization begin?

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37. These people moved from the rural south for job opportunities and to escape Jim Crow Laws






38. News reporting that is often biased or false; it also sensationalized headlines and stories to boost sales






39. People that wanted to change - pressured city governments






40. laws that set standards for construction and safety






41. Two reasons african americans moved to cities






42. These speech and habits of a particular region






43. Brookly Bridge was built - First suburbs were created - Traffic and jammed streets.






44. Inexpensive paperback books that told adventure stories






45. An author who wrote realistic stories about the wilderness such as 'White Fang'






46. These sold many products all under one roof






47. A reporter who pretended to be insane to write entries about mental hospitals






48. Planned Central Park in NY






49. In 1890 - 1 out of how many people lived in cities?






50. Skyscrapers - Elevators got quicker