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