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