The Growth of Cities

Question 1

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

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D: the creation of a consumer economy

Question 2

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

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A: Immigrants formed communities when they were shunned elsewhere.

Question 3

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

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B: White-collar jobs often paid better than factory jobs.

Question 4

New York City’s Harlem is an example of a neighborhood that, due to segregation, was shaped mainly according to

Question 5

Which sentence best illustrates the link between the “American Dream” and urbanization in the late 1800s?

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D: A farm worker relocates to an eastern city to start a business.

Question 6

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

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B: urbanization

Question 7

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

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A: Wealthier people moved farther away from city centers.

Question 8

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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D: around 1915

Question 9

What was a negative effect of industrialization in cities?

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B: increased air pollution in cities

Question 10

One mostly negative effect of urbanization was the establishment of

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C: slums.

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