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