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1
What technology increased in popularity as a result of skyscrapers?
Telephone and elevators
Elevators and steel frames
Telephones and electric lights
Steel frames and indoor plumbing
2
Why were department stores considered a new way to shop?
Mass-advertisements were used to capture customer’s attention
Prices were fair or cheaper
Everything could be purchased at one store
All of the above
3
a type of inexpensive, melodramatic novel of adventure
Dime novel
Vaudeville novel
Paperback novel
Expose novel
4
What was the reasoning behind leaving open spaces, like Central Park, in cities?
Open space would reduce diseases like Tuberculosis and Typhoid
It was believed that it would “calm city dwellers”
The land was too swampy in most cities, so skyscrapers could not be built
People still needed space to raise livestock in cities
5
popular music of the late 1800s that had a lively, rhythmic sound
Ragtime
Skyscraper
Vaudeville
Jazz
6
things that relate to the parish connected with a particular church.
Suburb
Ragtime
Catholic
Parochial
7
How did schools prepare people for jobs in business and industry?
Students learned the ‘3 Rs’
Students were taught how to be productive and ethical citizens
Students were taught obedience and discipline
All of the above
8
Why did newspapers not take a stance on women’s rights?
They actually did, it was just printed in code
They didn’t think women cared
They thought they’d anger and lose readers
They didn’t think it was ‘newsworthy’
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Why did writers like Mark Twain use local color in their writing?
To ensure that local readers knew what characters were saying
Poke fun at serious issues to make them for accessible
Provided a authentic setting
Authentic setting and poking fun
10
Why did early city planners and architects build skyscrapers?
To compete against other cities by making taller and taller buildings
Provide more space to the people moving to cities
To make cities look more interesting and elegant
Give people more opportunities for high paying jobs
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What was one goal of the Realist group of writers?
Spread a new genre of music, ragtime
Provide muckrakers with a specific style of writing
Showcase the rich and famous
Bring to light issues such as poverty
12
How did American education change in the late 1800s?
Both accessibility and compulsory years of education
It became more widely accessible
Some states required certain years of education
School became more expensive
13
A variety show made popular in the late 1800s that included comedians, song-and-dance routines, and acrobats.
Vaudeville
Suburb
Circus
Ragtime
14
What alternative to traditional schools were created during this time period?
Manual training schools
Night school
Montessori schools
Winter camps
15
Which urban innovation was most closely linked to the growth of suburbs?
Apartment buildings
Streetcars
Department stores
Skyscrapers
16
a period of education that is required of all people and is imposed by the government
Colloquial education
Compulsory education
Voluntary education
Sorority education
17
a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts.
Yellow journalism
Red journalism
Parochial journalism
True crime writing
18
Due to the increase in population, traffic became a problem in cities. What was done to help decongest city streets?
Automobiles were completely banned
People relied on underground tunnels
The government urged people to walk more
New transportation was introduced (streetcars)
19
What did ‘muckrakers’ or journalists like Nellie Bly try to do?
Make people laugh with memes
Make big business owners look bad
Raise awareness about social causes
Write realistic novels on the ‘Wild West’
20
What industry did Thomas Edison’s phonograph create?
Banking
Telephone
Retail
Music
21
What was the significance of the Chautauqua Society?
These camps were segregated by social class
Only white, Protestant boys could attend these camps
Everyone could attend and learn at these camps
Only women were allowed to attend the gatherings
22
What did newspapers like
the World
and
the New York Journal
do to gain readers?
Put sensationalized stories on the front page
Only reported on fashion and celebrity gossip
Print ‘limited edition’ copies for the best customers
Made up fake headlines
23
Why did sports become so popular during this time period?
People had more free time
No one knows
People needed places to socialize/let off steam
New sports like rugby and cricket were invented
24
How did entertainment unite Americans?
Entertainment did the opposite because there are so many genres of music
It created circuses and people bonded over clowns
A popular culture was created and shared by everyone
Vaudeville was liked by everyone, no matter what class
25
Women gained the right to vote in 1890.
True
False
26
Upton Sinclair wrote an expose on asylums.
False
True
27
Residential area on the outskirts of a city
Skyscraper
Gated Community
Suburb
Tenement
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Why did the number of American newspapers grow rapidly?
A growing population of true crime enthusiasts
The telephone could only spread news so far
More people became educated, more people moved to cities
Big businesses bought up newspapers to spread their propaganda
