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