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