THE DAWN OF MASS CULTURE
_____ 1. The sport that the novelist Mark Twain referred to as the symbol of the “booming nineteenth century” was
a. football. b. baseball.  c. soccer.  d. boxing.
_____ 2. Dime novels were inexpensive books that often told glorified adventure tales of
a. the sea.  b. the West.  c. escaped slaves.  d. the business world.
_____ 3. The man who originated the department store was
a. Stephen Crane.  b. F. W. Woolworth.  c. Thomas Eakins.  d. Marshall Field.
____ 4. By 1910, the number of Americans who shopped by mail had reached
a. 5 million.  b. 10 million.  c. 15 million.  d. 20 million.
_____ 5. The popular Ashcan School of American art stressed scenes of
a. nature.  b. Southern living.  c. urban life.  d. the wealthy and elite.
_____ 6. The activity that the suffragist Susan B. Anthony said “has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world” was
a. bicycling.  b. baseball.  c. shopping.  d. tennis.

A. As you read about the emergence of modern mass culture, give either an example of each item or mention one of the people who invented or popularized it. Then note one reason why the item became so popular around the turn of the 20th century.

	1. Amusement parks	2. Bicycling	3. Boxing	4. Baseball	
Example					
Reason					

	5. Shopping centers	6. Department stores	7. Chain stores	8. Mail-order catalogs	
Example					
Reason					

B. Describe the impact that rural free delivery had on the country.
List four visuals you could use–and how you would use them–to create a visual presentation on the discrimination and segregation that the nation’s minority groups endured during the turn of the 20th century.