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