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