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Question 1

Stephen Foster

Answer 1

“oh susanna”

composer of “old folks at home” - first american to become a full time songwriter

Question 2

Storyville

Answer 2

red light district of new orleans - associated with origin of jazz

Question 3

Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes

Answer 3

in favor of ASCAP

Question 4

“The Jazz Singer”

Answer 4

first “talkie” movie - starred Al Jolson

Question 5

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 5

President who instituted “progressive” era

Question 6

first “hillbilly” million seller

Answer 6

“The Prisoner’s Song” - Vernon Dalhart

Question 7

Thomas Dartmouth Rice and Jim Crow

Answer 7

actor & character that popularized minstrel shows and blackface

Question 8

Thomas Edison

Answer 8

inventor of the phonograph - 1877

Question 9

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 9

President who enjoyed the violin - louisiana purchase

Question 10

Three Major 19th Century Inventions That Linked The Country

Answer 10

1 steam engine - 2 telegraph - 3 railroad

Question 11

Tin Foil

Answer 11

original material used for edison’s phonograph recordings