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