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