Living and Working in Cities Answers

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

A
They made it easier for wealthier individuals to move across a city.
B
They made it easier for all people to get around a city.
C
They made it possible for people to travel from rural areas.
D
They made it possible for people to travel to other cities.
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Some apartments of the early 1900s were known as “dumbbell tenements” because they had

A
few windows and no ventilation.
B
garbage collection and sewer systems.
C
indoor plumbing with hot water.
D
safety features and fire protection.
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Which professions best characterize the jobs held by people in the middle class at the turn of the twentieth century?

A
clerks, teachers, and doctors
B
factory, mill, and assembly-line workers
C
union leaders and laborers
D
big business owners and industry leaders
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The mass production of what building material made it possible to build skyscrapers in the wake of the Second Industrial Revolution?

A
steel
B
brick
C
clay
D
wood
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Which group became the main residents of the inner city during the Gilded Age?

A
clerks and teachers
B
doctors and lawyers
C
the affluent
D
the working poor
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Which phrase best describes American society in the early 1900s?

A
a large wealthy class, a large middle class, and a small class of working poor
B
a small wealthy class, a growing middle class, and a small class of working poor
C
a small wealthy class, a large middle class, and a large class of working poor
D
a small wealthy class, a growing middle class, and a large class of working poor
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The “other half” that Jacob Riis referred to in his 1890 book How the Other Half Lives were the

A
captains of industry.
B
upper class.
C
working poor.
D
growing middle class.
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Captains of industry during the Gilded Age were

A
in the middle class.
B
very wealthy.
C
socioeconomically disadvantaged.
D
in the working class.
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, what invention made it possible to build very tall buildings?

A
the elevator
B
the streetcar
C
the telephone
D
the subway
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Which statement best describes how wealthy people lived on a daily basis during the Gilded Age?

A
They lived in modest townhomes.
B
They lived in luxurious city apartments.
C
They lived in country cottages.
D
They lived in tenement buildings.

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