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