Chapter 16 “Life at the Turn of the Twentieth Century” section 2 New Forms of Entertainment

Vocabulary vaudeville yellow journalism ragtime

1. What new kinds of performances and recreation did Americans enjoy at the turn of the century? live theatrical performance –vaudeville Movies-Silent films Circus Amusement Parks Sports

2. What were people reading for information and entertainment? Newspapers (information) Magazines (info & entertainment) Popular fiction (entertainment)

3. How was American music changed? Spirituals Ragtime Jazz-grew out of New Orleans African American influence on music Player piano and phonograph allowed music to spread quickly

4. How did movies change during this period? nickelodeons—theaters set up in converted stores or warehouses Improving technology led to longer, better movies and to bigger, more elaborate movie houses

5. What role do you think compulsory education played in creating a larger market for newspapers and magazines? Laws that require children to go to school resulted in increased literacy Increased Literacy led by more demand of newspapers and magazines

Briefly explain how the growth of cities led to the growth of entertainment and recreation.

1. Which of the following was a technological innovation of the late 1800s that helped spread popular music? A) Edison's telephone B) the player piano C) ragtime and jazz D) Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph

B) the player piano

2. Which of the following became a popular form of entertainment during the late 1800s? A) television B) baseball C) soccer D) car racing

B) baseball

3. What form of music was created by black musicians in the 1880s and 1890s? A) rock and roll B) jazz C) country and western D) classical

B) jazz

4. Vaudeville was A) a theatre town in Southern California near today's Hollywood. B) the name of the first popular motion picture. C) a form of traveling variety show. D) a private black college located near Atlanta.

C) a form of traveling variety show.

5. Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was an example of what type of writing? A) yellow journalism B) serial novels C) "rags to riches" stories D) local color

D) local color

6. True/False The player piano and the phonograph are two technological advances allowed new musical styles to spread quickly, thus creating nationwide hits and stars. 

True

7.True/False  Because of heated competition, publishers urged their reporters to discover lurid details of murders, vice, and scandal—anything to sell more papers. Such sensational news coverage came to be called yellow journalism. 

True