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