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I invented the first moveable type in the 1400’s

Who is Johann Gutenberg?

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The first real prototype ofmodern newspapers.

Owned by James Gordon Bennett.

What is the New York Herald?

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An act passed in 1765 that taxedall legal documents, official

papers, books and newspapers

What is the stamp act?

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Newspaper term used todescribe companies that own

more than one paper.

What is a chain?

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I published the “New England

Courant” in 1721 and was arrested due to it’s

Controversial content.

Who was James Franklin?

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The first newspaper in the U.S.to be sold for a penny.

What is the New York Sun?

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A term used to describethe time from 1789-1808 when

all newspapers supportedeither Federalist

or Democratic-Republicanissues.

What were the Dark Ages

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The first continuous newspapercartoon.

It showed events of theday in New York.

What is the Yellow Kid?

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I began the “Penny Press”movement in the 1830’s.

Who is Benjamin H. Day?

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The first Missourinewspaper owned by

Joseph Pulitzer

St Louis Post-Dispatch

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A movement where newspapers were sold fora penny each by men and

boys on the streets.

What is the “Penny Press”

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The most famous duel in allof newspaper history was

between these two publishers.

Who were Hearst and Pulitzer?

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I was the world famous publisherof the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

and the New York World.

Who was Joseph Pulitzer

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William Randolph Hearst put out the first edition of thisNew York paper in 1895

What is the New York Journal?

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The tendency of newspapersto try and outdo each other by

printing sensationalstories and headlines.

What is Yellow Journalism?

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Attitudes of boastful, warlikepatriotism. First appeared

in the New York World and New York Journal

What is jingoism?

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I published the firstNewspaper in America

in 1690

Who is Benjamin Harris?

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This newspaper set standardsby which all other papers

are measured…by presenting the news

truthfully and without bias.

What is the New York Times

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Single sheets of news attachedto coffeehouse walls in

America in thethe 1600’s

What are broadsides?

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The first automaticallycast newspaper machinecreated the end of hand

composition.

What is a linotype?

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LinotypeBroadsidesNY TimesBenjamin Harris

$500

JingoismYellow Journalism

NY JournalJoseph Pulitzer

$400

Hearst and Pulitzer

Penny PressSt. Louis

Post Dispatch

Benjamin Day

$300

Yellow Kid

Dark AgesNY SunJames

Franklin$200

ChainStamp ActNY HeraldGutenberg$100

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