Urbanization in America

Question 1

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

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B: Cities offered more jobs and opportunities.

Question 2

Which of the following was a direct result of increased job and educational opportunities in urban areas?

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C: increase in overcrowding

Question 3

How did railroads contribute to urban growth during the Second Industrial Revolution?

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B: by transporting raw materials and finished goods

Question 4

Between 1790 and 1900, cities in America

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A: grew rapidly as people moved to urban centers.

Question 5

Which statement best describes urban areas during the late 1800s?

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B: Many cities were overcrowded with limited housing and few sanitation services.

Question 6

At the turn of the twentieth century, the majority of the working poor lived

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D: in inner-city tenements.

Question 7

Which of the following best summarizes the living and working conditions of the urban poor at the turn of the twentieth century?

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A: Both living and working conditions were unsafe.

Question 8

Which of the following best explains why immigrants and factory owners worked together but often lived in different parts of a city?

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D: Public transportation made it possible for factory owners to live in parts of a city that immigrants could not afford.

Question 9

Which of the following was an effect of segregation in cities in the late 1800s?

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D: the formation of ethnic neighborhoods

Question 10

Which of the following statements best describes how wealthy people lived on a daily basis during the Gilded Age?

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B: They lived in luxurious city apartments.

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