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