2.4 The Growth of Cities

Question 1

What was a result of increased job and educational opportunities in urban areas?

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the creation of a consumer economy

Question 2

What was a key reason for the expansion of the middle class in growing American cities?

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White-collar jobs often paid better than factory jobs.

Question 3

Which reason best explains why American cities grew in the late 1800s?

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Cities offered more jobs and opportunities.

Question 4

Which of the following most directly describes the growth of cities?

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urbanization

Question 5

Why did urban areas develop subway, elevated train, and streetcar systems?

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to make it possible for people to move around within cities

Question 6

One mostly negative effect of urbanization was the establishment of

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slums.

Question 7

Look at the graph. Based on the graph, what year was the urban population of the United States roughly equal to the rural population?

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around 1915

Question 8

Which statement best explains why US cities became segregated by culture and ethnicity in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

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Immigrants formed communities when they were shunned elsewhere.

Question 9

How did new urban transportation systems contribute to socioeconomic segregation in the late 1800s?

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Wealthier people moved farther away from city centers.

2.4 The Growth of Cities Answers