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Media History And Culture People
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon
J.W. Milam
Judith Miller
Roy Bryant
Joseph Pulitzer
2. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat
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3. African American journalist who wrote about lynching - scared for her life
Henry Ford
Albert Parsons
Ida B. Wells
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
4. Wrote The Alarm - was in an interracial marriage - led the International Working People's Association. He was convicted for the bomb attack on city police known as the Haymarket Affair or Haymarket Riots - Anarchist
Daniel Ellsburg
Carl Bernstein
Edward R. Murrow
Albert Parsons
5. Racist - hated the Irish - yellow journalism - cartoons - wrote for Harper's Weekly - founder of 'Watchdog journalism' because of his work against Tammany Hall - is considered the father of the American Cartoon
Carl Bernstein
Bob Woodward
Thomas Nast
Henry Ford
6. Killed Emmett Till
Ida B. Wells
Thomas Paine
J.W. Milam
Edward Bernays
7. Abolitionist who wrote for The Liberator - was a voice for the women's suffrage movement - discovered Frederick Douglass - wrote for the North Star
William Lloyd Garrison
Ida B. Wells
Joseph Pulitzer
Roy Bryant
8. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate
Joseph McCarthy
Ida Tarbell
Charles Coughlin
Roy Bryant
9. Former slave - captivating and articulate speaker - editor of his own paper - had a book 'The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass -' was discovered by William Lloyd Garrison in 1841 - who then asked Douglass to speak at an anti-slavery convention. A
Thomas Paine
Frederick Douglass
Joseph Pulitzer
Samuel Adams
10. Watergate - partner to Bernstein - went to college - professional
Morley Safer
Ida B. Wells
Mark Felt
Bob Woodward
11. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal
Charles Coughlin
Lucy Stone
Mark Twain
J.W. Milam
12. Wrote The Alarm - was in an interracial marriage - led the International Working People's Association. He was convicted for the bomb attack on city police known as the Haymarket Affair or Haymarket Riots - Anarchist
Ida B. Wells
George WAllace
Albert Parsons
George WAllace
13. Journal of Occurences (first wire newspaper) - American Revolution - Spanish American War
Daniel Ellsburg
Samuel Adams
Carl Bernstein
J.W. Milam
14. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment
Mark Twain
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Morley Safer
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
15. Susan B. Anthony's partner - started The Revolution/NWSA
William Randolph Hearst
Henry Ford
Richard Harding Davis
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
16. Killed Emmett Till
J.W. Milam
Carl Bernstein
Roy Bryant
Thomas Paine
17. Discriminated against Jews in Dearborn Independent - 'The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem'
Henry Ford
William Randolph Hearst
Emmett Till
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
18. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico
Ida Tarbell
Adolph Ochs
Thomas Nast
Carl Bernstein
19. Founder of PR - Sigmund Freud's nephew - used psychology in his work - Torches of Freedom
Morley Safer
Edward Bernays
Nellie Bly
Mark Twain
20. Wrote satire against imperialism and the colonization of the Philippines
Edward Bernays
Ida B. Wells
Mark Twain
Joseph McCarthy
21. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat
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22. Published 'Pentagon Papers' to the New York Times - RAND corporation
Daniel Ellsburg
Seymour Hersh
Ida B. Wells
Frederick Douglass
23. CBS radio - Catholic priest who spoke against the KKK - admired Hitler-hated the Jews - wider range of audience
Charles Coughlin
Edward R. Murrow
Thomas Paine
Thomas Nast
24. Former slave - captivating and articulate speaker - editor of his own paper - had a book 'The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass -' was discovered by William Lloyd Garrison in 1841 - who then asked Douglass to speak at an anti-slavery convention. A
Frederick Douglass
Richard Harding Davis
Albert Parsons
Mark Felt
25. Author of comon sense - American Revolution
Henry Ford
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Thomas Paine
Ben Bradlee
26. Killed Emmett Till with L.W. Milam - confessed in an interview with 'Look' Magazine
Ida B. Wells
Roy Bryant
Mark Felt
Nellie Bly
27. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax
Judith Miller
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Joseph McCarthy
Morley Safer
28. Suffragist - founder of the newspaper-The Revolution - partner was Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Seneca Falls convention - Part of the National Woman Suffrage Association
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
Edward R. Murrow
Mark Twain
Susan B. Anthony
29. Alabama Governor during the Selma March - led to Voting Act of 1965
Adolph Ochs
Charles Coughlin
George WAllace
Seymour Hersh
30. CBS radio - Catholic priest who spoke against the KKK - admired Hitler-hated the Jews - wider range of audience
Seymour Hersh
Joseph Pulitzer
Charles Coughlin
Seymour Hersh
31. New York World - Investigative Journalism - Tammany Hall - Yellow Journalism
Edward Bernays
Morley Safer
Samuel Adams
Joseph Pulitzer
32. Created the concept of objectivity -third person - no sides - less personal - New York Times
Daniel Ellsburg
Joseph Pulitzer
William Randolph Hearst
Adolph Ochs
33. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate
Carl Bernstein
Joseph McCarthy
Ben Bradlee
Joseph Pulitzer
34. Killed Emmett Till with L.W. Milam - confessed in an interview with 'Look' Magazine
Roy Bryant
Joseph Pulitzer
Carl Bernstein
Bob Woodward
35. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal
Edward R. Murrow
Joseph McCarthy
Emmett Till
Lucy Stone
36. Wrote McClure's Standard oil and the tactics they used
Richard Harding Davis
Edward R. Murrow
Ida Tarbell
Albert Parsons
37. Alabama Governor during the Selma March - led to Voting Act of 1965
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Ben Bradlee
Ida Tarbell
George WAllace
38. Wrote McClure's Standard oil and the tactics they used
William Lloyd Garrison
Ida Tarbell
Joseph McCarthy
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
39. Suffragist - founder of the newspaper-The Revolution - partner was Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Seneca Falls convention - Part of the National Woman Suffrage Association
Thomas Nast
Ben Bradlee
Susan B. Anthony
Edward R. Murrow
40. Studied in a mental instituion - wrote for The New York World under Pullitzer
Morley Safer
Susan B. Anthony
Edward R. Murrow
Nellie Bly
41. Exposed My Lai and its cover up - won Pullitzer Prize
Bob Woodward
Roy Bryant
George WAllace
Seymour Hersh
42. Published 'Pentagon Papers' to the New York Times - RAND corporation
Seymour Hersh
Charles Coughlin
Daniel Ellsburg
Charles Coughlin
43. Abolitionist who wrote for The Liberator - was a voice for the women's suffrage movement - discovered Frederick Douglass - wrote for the North Star
Thomas Nast
William Lloyd Garrison
J.W. Milam
Mark Felt
44. Racist - hated the Irish - yellow journalism - cartoons - wrote for Harper's Weekly - founder of 'Watchdog journalism' because of his work against Tammany Hall - is considered the father of the American Cartoon
Joseph Pulitzer
Richard Harding Davis
Thomas Nast
William Lloyd Garrison
45. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico
Susan B. Anthony
Carl Bernstein
Thomas Nast
Bob Woodward
46. Discriminated against Jews in Dearborn Independent - 'The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem'
Samuel Adams
Bob Woodward
Joseph McCarthy
Henry Ford
47. Deep throat - provided Bernstein and Woodward with information - FBI agent
William Lloyd Garrison
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Mark Felt
Henry Ford
48. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate
Ben Bradlee
Lucy Stone
Ida Tarbell
Morley Safer
49. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate
Joseph McCarthy
Susan B. Anthony
Ben Bradlee
Mark Twain
50. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment
Morley Safer
Mark Felt
Henry Ford
Samuel Adams