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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What was the first newspaper printed?
Publick Occurrences
Boston Globe
New York Times
Boston Herald
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What does it mean to for a paper to be published "with authority"?
The writers knew what they were talking about.
The government told the paper what to write.
The paper had the government's approval.
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What was the first daily newspaper called?
Washington Post
Patriot Post
Pennsylvania Post
New York Post
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Why were the penny press newspapers called "penny press"?
You could buy one for five pennies.
The first publisher was named Penny.
They all ran pictures of Abraham Lincoln, who was on the penny.
They cost 1 cent.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What year did the court case occur that established truth as a defense against libel?
1715
1735
1776
1800
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Journalists who investigated corruption, social institutions, and politics and promoted social responsibility were called ________________________.
yellow journalists
editors
muckrakers
newsies
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
___________________ was the pen name of a journalist who pretended to be mentally ill and was committed to New York's Blackwell Insane Asylum in order to write a story about the poor conditions of the asylum.
William Heart
Andrew Hamilton
Dorothea Lange
Nellie Bly
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CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
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