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Cities And American Culture

Subject : culture
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1. Built and designed a 3 arches across Mississippi river at St. Louis






2. How do Americans spend their leisure time?






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






4. Planned Central Park in NY






5. An african american composer who helped make ragtime popular






6. These sold many products all under one roof






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






8. MLB banned these players when it started






9. A nine story department store built in 1902






10. How long is a typical school day?






11. Publisher who used yellow journalism






12. Struggle to survive in slums






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






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






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






16. When did Urbanization begin?

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17. Skyscrapers - Elevators got quicker






18. Who made up the middle class?






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






20. Where did the rich live?






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






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






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






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






25. Writer who used local color






26. laws that set standards for construction and safety






27. Sent out traveling groups to educate people






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






29. What grew from European Soccer?






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






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






32. People that wanted to change - pressured city governments






33. What are the 3 r's?

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34. Inexpensive paperback books that told adventure stories






35. Started in London: it spread christian teachings and offered help to the poor






36. How did a Building boom changes american cities






37. A reformer who founded the hull house






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






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






40. A realistic Painter






41. Two reasons african americans moved to cities






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






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






44. High rates of babies dying






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






46. These speech and habits of a particular region






47. Where was the first subway built in 1897






48. What were the conditions of the tenements






49. One Big Urban problem






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