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Cities And American Culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. MLB banned these players when it started
African Americans
Local Color
Jacob Riis
Baseball - Football - Basketball
2. How long is a typical school day?
On the Outskirts of the city
Jane Addams
Yellow Journalism
8 am to 4 pm
3. These sold many products all under one roof
Nellie Bly
Department Store
Tenement
Jane Addams
4. These speech and habits of a particular region
Leisure activities and clubs/organizations
Local Color
Jane Addams
reading - rhythmic - and 'riting
5. A variety show that included comedians - acrobats and other performances
methodist church
Vaudeville
Tenements turn into death traps
Dime Novels
6. Two reasons african americans moved to cities
Jack London
methodist church
8 am to 4 pm
Seek a better life (job) - Escape predjudice
7. In 1890 - 1 out of how many people lived in cities?
Doctors - Lawyers - Business owners and skilled laborers
Winslow Homer
1 out of 3
Baseball
8. A type of school that is sponsored by the Church
Social Gospel
Parochial
Chautauqua society
African Americans
9. The growth of cities: the movement of people from rural areas or elsewhere to the cities
Scott Joplin
Reformers
Baseball - Football - Basketball
Urbanization
10. Started in London: it spread christian teachings and offered help to the poor
Salvation Army
Social Gospel
William randolph Hearst
James Eads
11. Struggle to survive in slums
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Urban poor
Baseball - Football - Basketball
Jacob Riis
12. People that wanted to change - pressured city governments
Winslow Homer
Reformers
Jane Addams
Chicago as a result of the Chicago fire of 1885
13. A nine story department store built in 1902
Disease/Sickness
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Winslow Homer
R.H. Macy
14. One Big Urban problem
Building Upward
Tenements turn into death traps
Tenement
Early 1800's
15. These were tall building that were supported by a lightweight steel frame
Infant mortality
Skyscraper
Yellow Journalism
Early 1800's
16. High rates of babies dying
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
James Eads
Infant mortality
Baseball - Football - Basketball
17. A reporter who pretended to be insane to write entries about mental hospitals
African Americans
Joseph pulitzer
Jane Addams
Nellie Bly
18. Where was the first 9 story skyscraper built and why?
Boston
Infant mortality
methodist church
Chicago as a result of the Chicago fire of 1885
19. What did the urban middle class depend on?
1 out of 5
Boston
Chicago as a result of the Chicago fire of 1885
Leisure activities and clubs/organizations
20. An african american composer who helped make ragtime popular
African Americans
Building Upward - Moving People - Public Parks & Shopping
Scott Joplin
methodist church
21. Planned Central Park in NY
Jane Addams
Disease/Sickness
Baseball
Frederick Law Olmsted
22. A style of writing and art that tried to depict life just as it was
Realism
Nellie Bly
Dime Novels
African Americans
23. Who made up the middle class?
Doctors - Lawyers - Business owners and skilled laborers
Nellie Bly
Early 1800's
Building Upward - Moving People - Public Parks & Shopping
24. A religious organization that organized social activities and helped jewish immigrants: Christians also had a similar organization
YMHA
No windows - heat - indoor bathrooms
Building Upward
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
25. Writer who exposed poor living conditions in inner cities/slums
Early 1800's
Jacob Riis
Yellow Journalism
African Americans
26. Where did the rich live?
Jack London
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
On the Outskirts of the city
8 am to 4 pm
27. A reformer who founded the hull house
Building Upward
Urban poor
Tenement
Jane Addams
28. These required children to attend School: These were passed mainly in the north.
1 out of 5
Compulsory Education Laws
Building Upward - Moving People - Public Parks & Shopping
Joseph pulitzer
29. Inexpensive paperback books that told adventure stories
Building Upward
Social Gospel
Dime Novels
William randolph Hearst
30. When did Urbanization begin?
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31. Where was the first subway built in 1897
Urbanization
methodist church
Moving people
Boston
32. Sent out traveling groups to educate people
Tenement
Social Gospel
Chautauqua society
No windows - heat - indoor bathrooms
33. How do Americans spend their leisure time?
Winslow Homer
Local Color
Building Upward
Baseball - Football - Basketball
34. A realistic Painter
Tenement
Nellie Bly
Baseball
Winslow Homer
35. Brookly Bridge was built - First suburbs were created - Traffic and jammed streets.
Jane Addams
Jack London
Nellie Bly
Moving people
36. These people moved from the rural south for job opportunities and to escape Jim Crow Laws
Jane Addams
African Americans
1 out of 5
Winslow Homer
37. What was the biggest killer in tenements (Infant Mortality)
Local Color
Leisure activities and clubs/organizations
Jacob Riis
Disease/Sickness
38. What are the 3 r's?
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39. Was a school for grown up' - and was in the summer. created in 1874
Nellie Bly
Tenement
methodist church
Compulsory Education Laws
40. What was the most popular sport in the nation?
African Americans
Baseball
methodist church
Seek a better life (job) - Escape predjudice
41. In 1860 - 1 out of how many people lived in cities?
William randolph Hearst
Vaudeville
8 am to 4 pm
1 out of 5
42. Publisher who used yellow journalism
African Americans
Vaudeville
William randolph Hearst
On the Outskirts of the city
43. What grew from European Soccer?
Football
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Baseball - Football - Basketball
Building Upward
44. Andrew Carnegie believed in this teaching; it called upon successful member of society to help the poor
Social Gospel
Nellie Bly
African Americans
reading - rhythmic - and 'riting
45. What were the conditions of the tenements
No windows - heat - indoor bathrooms
On the Outskirts of the city
Local Color
Early 1800's
46. Skyscrapers - Elevators got quicker
Scott Joplin
Compulsory Education Laws
Nellie Bly
Building Upward
47. News reporting that is often biased or false; it also sensationalized headlines and stories to boost sales
Yellow Journalism
Doctors - Lawyers - Business owners and skilled laborers
Compulsory Education Laws
Department Store
48. How did a Building boom changes american cities
reading - rhythmic - and 'riting
Building Upward - Moving People - Public Parks & Shopping
YMHA
Parochial
49. laws that set standards for construction and safety
Disease/Sickness
Urbanization
Football
Building Codes
50. An author who wrote realistic stories about the wilderness such as 'White Fang'
Jacob Riis
Jack London
1 out of 3
methodist church