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