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