
American Newspaper History Quiz
Authored by Kerri Schoonover
Journalism
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What year was the first American newspaper created?
1501
1784
1876
1923
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the 19th century, cheap newspapers were known by the coin people used to pay for them. What were they called?
Dime Dailies
Quarter Sheets
Penny Papers
Nickel Reads
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Benjamin Franklin is known by early involvement in the newspaper industry. He published an early American newspaper in what language?
German
French
Chinese
English
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The invention of the telegraph in the 1800s allowed for fast transmission of news and information. Because of this invention, the Associated Press became the first major wire service. What year did AP form?
1812
1977
1927
1846
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Journalists who investigated corruption, social institutions, and politics and promoted social responsibility were called:
Investigative journalists
Trouble-makers
Muckrakers
Yellow journalists
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Pulitzer Prize was created to honor the best of American journalism. Who was it first awarded to?
Joseph Pulitzer
Herbert Bayard Swope
Tom Brokaw
Bob Woodward
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"News reports should be free from opinion or bias of any kind" is one of the primary rules of journalism as stated by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. When was this rule implemented?
1700
1776
1965
1922
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