Homesteaders and the Transcontinental Railroad

Question 1

Which reason best explains why urbanization happened in the United States in the late 1800s?

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Cities offered more jobs and opportunities.

Question 2

Tenement apartments in the early 1900s were

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small and unsafe.

Question 3

How did the growth of cities create problems for the working poor?

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People had to live and work in crowded areas.

Question 4

In the late 1800s, what attracted farm workers from rural areas to the cities?

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employment opportunities and cultural opportunities

Question 5

Many tenement apartments in the early 1900s had

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few windows and poor ventilation.

Question 6

Throughout the 1800s, urban areas in the United States

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grew as more and more people left rural areas.

Question 7

Which of the following phrases best describes American society in the early 1900s?

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a growing middle class and a large class of working poor

Question 8

Which is the best description of the living and working conditions of the urban poor at the turn of the twentieth century?

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Both living and working conditions were dangerous and unsafe.

Question 9

What condition most contributed to disease spreading in tenements in the early 1900s?

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inadequate sanitation

Homesteaders and the Transcontinental Railroad Answers