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Cities And American Culture

Subject : culture
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1. What did the urban middle class depend on?






2. How long is a typical school day?






3. News reporting that is often biased or false; it also sensationalized headlines and stories to boost sales






4. Sent out traveling groups to educate people






5. The growth of cities: the movement of people from rural areas or elsewhere to the cities






6. A reporter who pretended to be insane to write entries about mental hospitals






7. How do Americans spend their leisure time?






8. A nine story department store built in 1902






9. Andrew Carnegie believed in this teaching; it called upon successful member of society to help the poor






10. In 1890 - 1 out of how many people lived in cities?






11. Built and designed a 3 arches across Mississippi river at St. Louis






12. Where was the first 9 story skyscraper built and why?






13. Where was the first subway built in 1897






14. These people moved from the rural south for job opportunities and to escape Jim Crow Laws






15. A realistic Painter






16. What was the most popular sport in the nation?






17. Writer who used local color






18. Who made up the middle class?






19. An author who wrote realistic stories about the wilderness such as 'White Fang'






20. When did Urbanization begin?


21. These were tall building that were supported by a lightweight steel frame






22. These sold many products all under one roof






23. A variety show that included comedians - acrobats and other performances






24. People that wanted to change - pressured city governments






25. A religious organization that organized social activities and helped jewish immigrants: Christians also had a similar organization






26. High rates of babies dying






27. A style of writing and art that tried to depict life just as it was






28. These speech and habits of a particular region






29. Planned Central Park in NY






30. Was a school for grown up' - and was in the summer. created in 1874






31. Created first modern mass circulation newspaper (New York World)






32. Struggle to survive in slums






33. A type of school that is sponsored by the Church






34. Where did the rich live?






35. How did a Building boom changes american cities






36. laws that set standards for construction and safety






37. In 1860 - 1 out of how many people lived in cities?






38. One Big Urban problem






39. What grew from European Soccer?






40. An african american composer who helped make ragtime popular






41. Writer who exposed poor living conditions in inner cities/slums






42. Publisher who used yellow journalism






43. Skyscrapers - Elevators got quicker






44. What was the biggest killer in tenements (Infant Mortality)






45. A six or seven story building that was divided in to smaller buildings






46. Two reasons african americans moved to cities






47. Inexpensive paperback books that told adventure stories






48. Brookly Bridge was built - First suburbs were created - Traffic and jammed streets.






49. A reformer who founded the hull house






50. MLB banned these players when it started