Chapter 21: submit hard copy to Mr. Roark

Mr. Roark
Journalism
Chapter 21- Journalism Comes of Age – p. 379-396

p. 379 1. The idea of cheap _______________ was phenomenally successful.

p. 380 2. The New York ________ deemphasized politics and focused on human interests.

3. Who said that he wanted to publish a newspaper that would be the “pivot of government, society, commerce, finance, religion and all human civilization?

p. 381 4. List 3 things below about the man who said that. How did he get his news?:

a.
b.
c.

p. 382 5. What did the Mexican War teach newspapermen of that day?


p. 384 6. Who was Samuel B. Morse? What were his significant traits?


p. 385 7. Who was William Lloyd Garrison? What did he have to do with Emancipation? What is Emancipation?


p. 386 8. Who was the editor of the North Star? Why is he significant?

p. 387 9. How do magazines differ from newspapers? List 3 ways:

1.
2.
3.

p. 390-392 10. Read the section on the Civil War and define the following terms:
1. Dred Scott decision-
2. Censorship by the armed forces-
3. Battle of Fredricksburg and Henry Villard-
4. Appetite for War News-
5. Illustrators-

p. 396 11. In less than 2 generations Americans had gone from citizens of localities to citizens of a _________ _________________.