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