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