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