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