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