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