The Role of Media and Entertainment in American Identity throughout History

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  1. 4. Cheap form of entertainment created in the 1920s and found in nearly 60% of all homes by the mid 1900s
  2. 7. Creator of the first circus that traveled up and down the East Coast in 1793
  3. 8. Newspaper ran by James Franklin in 1719
  4. 11. Which Massachusetts city created the first printed Bible in 1663?
  5. 12. A form of social media created in 2004 that is extremely popular among adults today
  6. 14. A series of over 600 dime novels in the 1860s
  7. 15. South Carolina city that housed the first public museum in 1773
  8. 16. Brought to the United States in 1638
Down
  1. 1. Home to the first public library in 1731
  2. 2. First mass printed book in the U.S.
  3. 3. A movie created in 1939, that portrayed a young girl and her dog, Toto, being taken to a magical land
  4. 5. Invention that allowed numerous images to be shown in rapid succession to create the illusion of motion
  5. 6. A streaming service and form of entertainment created in 2005
  6. 9. Discovered the phonograph in 1877 by accident
  7. 10. A type of TV show that was popular in the 1950s, example: I Love Lucy
  8. 13. Types of theatrical performances that became popularized in the late 1880s and lasted until the 1930s