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WorksheetsQuiz 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What was the first newspaper printed?
Publick Occurrences
Boston Globe
New York Times
Boston Herald
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.
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.
The reporters, editors, photographers, producers and camera crews who sift through the many happenings of a day to tell you what's important or interesting are called ____________________.
journalists
staffers
sources
gaffers
The printing press was created and named by Johann Gutenberg
True
False
The changes in Journalism after World War 1 & 2 include the addition of columns, comic strips and editorial cartoons.
True
False
Journalism has been around since the beginning because Journalism is essentially ______________________.
A career
Storytelling
Not Important
Social Media
How do History and Journalism relate to each other?
They are both school subjects
History invented journalism
Presidential Elections
Without journalism we couldn't keep record of history
What was the name of the act that taxed all printed and official documents?
The Townshend Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
The growing demand for newspapers spread literacy
True
False
