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WorksheetsHistory of Journalism
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
What is the name of the invention of Johannes Gutenberg in 1450 that revolutionized the way books (and eventually newspapers) were printed?
The pencil
The penny press
The internet
The printing press
This term, which is now just considered "fake news", was created when newspapers in the 1800s exaggerated or lied about the news to increase their number of readers.
Yellow Journalism
Red journalism
Classifieds
Photojournalism
What is muckraking?
Novels
Photojournalism
Manual Labor
Investigative, socially conscious reporting.
Which of the following is a right granted in the first amendment that applies to journalists.
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of a fair trial
Freedom of voters' choice
Freedom of will
Who is this man (known for See It Now TV program in the 1950s)?
Nellie Bly
John F. Kennedy
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Edward R. Murrow
Who was responsible for creating the role of anchorman in 1950s broadcast journalism?
Walter Winchell
Walter Cronkite
Walter Junior
Walter Harris
What important invention of the 19th century helped transmit Civil War stories quickly?
The television
The radio
The camera
The telegraph
What did the Stamp Act do that made newspapers agree with patriots during the Revolutionary War?
Applied additional taxes on stamps
Applied additional taxes on paper goods
Applied additional taxes on journalists
Applied additional taxes on unions
What asylum did Nellie Bly enter for 10 days to expose and report upon its poor conditions for patients?
New York's Blackwell Center Asylum
New Jersey's Blackwell Island Asylum
Arkham Asylum
New York's Blackwell Island Asylum
What was the name of Upton Sinclair's novel that focused on the appalling and nauseating conditions of the meat-packing industries in 1908?
The Factory
The Jungle
The Warehouse
The Meat
Who ran the "Pennsylvania Gazette" during the 18th century?
John Franklin
Ben Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
What is the name of the first published newspaper?
Public Ocurrences
Public Occurrences
Publick Occurrences
Publik Occurences
Which amendment is most important to journalism that was established in the 18th century?
1st
2nd
14th
22nd
What was Nellie Bly's pen name?
Ida Tarbell
Elizabeth Cochrane
Silence Dogood
Martha Stewart
How did the term "yellow journalism" come about?
A cartoon of the yellow kid
The yellowed tone newspapers had back then
A report on the yellow soldiers in the Spanish-American War
The yellow ink used to print stories
