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