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