6.02 Reaching Millions

Professional sports, variety shows, and amusement parks were all new forms of __________ in the early 1900s

The catalogs Richard Sears sent by mail contained MORE variety than what travelling salesmen offered.

Farmers had extra cash, but had to rely on ____ ______ to buy most goods that came at high prices with limited variety.

A new type of theater, the variety show, that provided affordable mass entertainment in the U.S. was called

How was the importance of universal education seen in western Europe and the US?

This man came up with the idea of catalog shopping, and worked with Alvah Roebuck to make it nation-wide.

Select a true statement about Aristide Boucicaut

The first professional baseball team in the United States:

These were labor saving devices common to many people, including the middle class, in western Europe & the US.

Which is NOT true of Henry Ford?

Which class benefited most from increased leisure time and activities?

Bon Marché deparement stores started the practice of "window shopping"

What did Hearst & Pulitzer do in order to sell more newspapers? 

Improvements in _______, goods could be shipped nearly anywhere.

Which of these people did not contribute to the invention and improvement of the phonograph?

This Parisian started marketing ideas in his stores such as sales, advertisements, returns, and buying on credit.