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Cities And American Culture

Subject : culture
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1. People that wanted to change - pressured city governments






2. Where was the first subway built in 1897






3. How long is a typical school day?






4. Planned Central Park in NY






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






6. Publisher who used yellow journalism






7. How do Americans spend their leisure time?






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






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






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






11. What did the urban middle class depend on?






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






13. A nine story department store built in 1902






14. Inexpensive paperback books that told adventure stories






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






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






17. A reformer who founded the hull house






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






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






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






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






22. An african american composer who helped make ragtime popular






23. What are the 3 r's?

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






25. How did a Building boom changes american cities






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






27. One Big Urban problem






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






29. What grew from European Soccer?






30. MLB banned these players when it started






31. Sent out traveling groups to educate people






32. Writer who used local color






33. Struggle to survive in slums






34. A realistic Painter






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






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






37. Who made up the middle class?






38. These speech and habits of a particular region






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






40. Two reasons african americans moved to cities






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






42. These required children to attend School: These were passed mainly in the north.






43. High rates of babies dying






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






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






46. What were the conditions of the tenements






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






48. When did Urbanization begin?

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






50. Where did the rich live?






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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