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