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