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Chapter 6 Section 3 Practice



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

In 1865 most Americans attended high school.
 

 2. 

Vasser and Bryn Mawr are women’s colleges.
 

 3. 

Boarding schools for Native Americans were sometimes located hundreds of miles away from a student's family.
 

 4. 

Thomas Eakins painted scenes of the American West.
 

 5. 

Baseball is considered a spectator sport.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

Joseph Pulitzer's and William Randolph Hearst's journalism style was known as
a.
yellow journalism.
c.
blue journalism.
b.
red journalism.
d.
black and white journalism.
 

 7. 

A writer who was both a realist and a regionalist was
a.
Tom Sawyer.
c.
Stephen Crane.
b.
Mark Twain.
d.
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
 

 8. 

Who was the first African American writer to gain fame worldwide?
a.
Mark Twain
c.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
b.
Stephen Crane
d.
Jack London
 

 9. 

Which city did not have a symphony orchestra by 1900?
a.
New York
c.
Boston
b.
Philadelphia
d.
Washington, D.C.
 

 10. 

What marked the beginning of today's multimillion-dollar film industry?
a.
vaudeville shows
c.
spectator sports
b.
jazz bands
d.
nickelodeons
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Booker T. Washington
d.
Stephen Crane
b.
James Whistler
e.
realism
c.
vaudeville
 

 11. 

describes real lives
 

 12. 

founded Tuskegee Institute
 

 13. 

author of The Red Badge of Courage
 

 14. 

popular entertainment
 

 15. 

American painter
 

Short Answer
 

 16. 

By 1914 what percentage of all children between the ages of 5 and 17 was enrolled in elementary and secondary schools?
 

 17. 

What did the supporters of “progressive education” believe?
 

 18. 

What were land-grant colleges?
 

 19. 

What pledge did Andrew Carnegie make in 1881?
 

 20. 

What is yellow journalism?
 



 
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