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