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