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