The Growth of Cities Answers

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

A
A former military general inherits a fortune.
B
A high school graduate enrolls in a university.
C
A factory worker is promoted to a management position.
D
A farm worker relocates to an eastern city to start a business.
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Which of the following most directly describes the growth of cities?

A
segregation
B
urbanization
C
industrialization
D
commercialization
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Which reason best explains why American cities grew in the late 1800s?

A
Cities were clean, peaceful places to settle.
B
Cities offered more jobs and opportunities.
C
Rural areas had become empty and abandoned.
D
Rural areas had ceased to offer employment for workers.
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One mostly negative effect of urbanization was the establishment of

A
factories.
B
railroads.
C
slums.
D
stockyards.
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What was a negative effect of industrialization in cities?

A
fewer job opportunities for people in cities
B
increased air pollution in cities
C
improved transportation systems in cities
D
fewer people moving to cities
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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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A
around 1795
B
around 1825
C
around 1885
D
around 1915
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Which of these is an example of a service industry job in an urban center?

A
a farmer
B
a bank clerk
C
a factory worker
D
a railroad worker
8

In the late 1800s, the increase of service industry workers led to the rise of the

A
lower class.
B
middle class.
C
upper class.
D
socioeconomic class.
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During the industrial era, US cities quickly became places where

A
immigrants lived in isolation.
B
only a few immigrants moved.
C
immigrants could congregate and support one another.
D
immigrants could shed their cultures and adopt a new one.
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New York City’s Harlem is an example of a neighborhood that, due to segregation, was shaped mainly according to

A
class.
B
immigration.
C
language.
D
race.

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