This is the term used for a large group of people and how they interact with each other and their surroundings.
What is "culture?"
100
These lovely ladies were amazing dancers in the "Roaring Twenties."
What are flappers?
100
Dime museums were a very popular source of entertainment for all classes. What is the name of the one to burn down not once, but twice?
What is the American Museum.
100
What is the term used for an era of severe difficulty across this nation?
What is the Great Depression?
100
Most individuals in early American Industrial Revolution years would have either been familiar with this text or owned one per family.
What is the Christian Bible?
200
We discussed this in class: these were "fakes" presented by entertainers such as P.T. Barnum.
What is "gaffs?"
200
An American iconic feature is our automobile. Name the decade in which the first television commercial aired for car sales.
What is the 1940s?
200
Groovin' on down the road changed significantly in the 1900s with the advent of this machine.
What is the locomotive?
200
Name the two major names of circus "outfits" that were left by the 1940s.
What are Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey?
200
This was often a term used for newsprint or smaller magazines (slang term).
What is rags?
300
The French term fin de siecle' translates into a phrase in English that depicts a certain era.
What is "end of or turn of the century?"
300
We viewed several youtube.com video clips. One of these represented the "black-face" or "minstrelsy" movement in this country. Name a cartoon that we viewed with this concept in mind.
What is "Little Black Sambo?"
300
These groovy ladies enjoyed fame and a little bit of fortune doing these kinds of shows. Hint: We are looking for a French word.
What is Burlesque theatre?
300
What is the name of the governing document that ensures films will not be showing questionable behaviors. Hint: It smacks of censorship!
What is the Production Code?
300
Artists like Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde were famously featured in this collection of literature and art.
What is the Yellowbook?
400
This kind of television programming depicts real people in real-life situations.
What is "reality television?"
400
For project two students were asked to create reality television ideas. Name one concept from the group (not your own).
What is __________?
400
Amusement parks were a great source of leisure for the new rising middle class. Who were the people who tried to "sanitize" entertainment in 1900s America?
What is the Knickerbocker group? We would also accept Reformers.
400
When Americans found themselves poor, hungry, and depressed, what specialized set of Bills or Laws did Roosevelt promote in his famous "Fireside Chats?"
What is the New Deal?
400
After the rise of what class did the reading public find more leisure to enjoy dime novels?
What is the middle class?
500
This is the term used to describe newsprint, posters, or even films that are used to convince the masses of a certain political or social viewpoint. Hint: These are often bias in nature.
What is propaganda?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!
For project #1 each student created a marketing slogan and concept. Name one (not your own) idea that was shared in class.
What is ___________?
500
Who is credited with discovering electricity in terms of human usage?
Who is Thomas Edison?
500
Film Noir was a genre of film that showed gritty violence, femmes, and mystery. Name the 1930s groups that were made infamous in these films.
What is the Italian or Irish mafia?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!
Name one silent film star who is still considered a popular culture film icon. Hint: there are many famous biographies about either of these figures.