This is the requirement that all children must attend school up to a certain age.
What is Compulsory Education?
100
When people in a nation/
would rather go on vacation/
than go to school/
cause they don’t think its cool/
all children need ________
What is education?
100
This author, also known as Samuel Clemens, wrote works of literature such as the novel Huckleberry Finn.
Who is Mark Twain?
100
This is a novel about an unhappily married woman.
What is 'The Awakening'?
100
Massachusetts passed the first compulsory education law during this year, which required at least 10 years of education in this year.
What is 1852?
200
This society began sending out traveling companies on a wide circuit, after opening a summer camp for Bible teachers.
What is the Chautauqua Society?
200
It is not communism,/
It's not part of the Great Schism;/
They show life as it is,/
It will be on your next quiz,/
It's not fake-ism, its _____.
What is realism?
200
He is a Hungarian immigrant who bought the newspaper, New York World, cutting down the price.
Who is Joseph Pulitzer?
200
This was the first modern, mass-circulation newspaper, known for headlines of crime and scandal. The prices were cut so the newspaper would be more affordable.
What is the 'New York World'?
200
A Methodist minister opened a summer school for Bible teachers along Lake Chautauqua in New York in this year.
What is 1874?
300
The Yellow Kid is an example of a character from this.
What are comics?
300
You thought it was at it’s doom, /
You thought it went kabloom, /
Read an article /
About an amazing particle, /
you can read about anything in the newspaper ______.
What is boom?
300
He is an American writer and realist. In Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, he depicted the struggles and hardships of slum life.
Who is Stephen Crane?
300
It was the first popular American comic Strip character featured in New York World, who was described as a tough but sweet slum boy.
What is 'The Yellow Kid'?
300
By this year, half the newspapers in the world were printed in the United States.
What is 1900?
400
Huckleberry Finn was set in a few years before this event.
What is the Civil War?
400
You don't need to commit a crime/
You can still buy a lime/
These books are cheap/
America took a great leap/
With books that cost a _____
What is dime
400
He is an American author, known for writing of miners and sailors and their struggles.
Who is Jack London?
400
This is the sensational reporting style of the New York World. The term arrived from the Yellow Kid.
What is yellow journalism?
400
During this year, every state required children to receive an education and attend school.
What is 1918?
500
Poems and stories in textbooks taught reading, moral values, and this religion.
What is the Christian Religion?
500
People usually hurled/
Then they got in a ball and curled/
When they saw the cost/
They thought they were lost/
But no more with the ____.
What is the 'New York World'?
500
He is a poet who described the joys and sorrows of black life. He was the first African American to earn a living as a writer.
Who is Paul Laurence Dunbar?
500
Written by poet Laurence Dunbar, this poem described the joys and sorrows of black life.
What is "We Wear The Mask?"
500
In this, Joseph Pulitzer bought the New York World