Living and Working in Cities

Question 1

How did streetcars, elevated trains, and subways improve city life at the turn of the twentieth century?

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They made it easier for all people to get around a city.

Question 2

Some apartments of the early 1900s were known as “dumbbell tenements” because they had

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few windows and no ventilation.

Question 3

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, what invention made it possible to build very tall buildings?

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the elevator

Question 4

Captains of industry during the Gilded Age were

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very wealthy.

Question 5

The “other half” that Jacob Riis referred to in his 1890 book How the Other Half Lives were the

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working poor.

Question 6

In the early 1900s, which invention was most needed to help run offices and factories?

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electricity

Question 7

The two most important new technologies that enabled the development of the skyscraper were

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the elevator and mass-produced steel.

Question 8

At the turn of the 20th century, the majority of the working poor lived

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in inner-city tenements.

Question 9

Which professions best characterize the jobs held by people in the middle class at the turn of the twentieth century?

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clerks, teachers, and doctors

Question 10

Which statement best summarizes 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 unsafe.

Living and Working in Cities Answers