The Growth of Cities Answers

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

A
the rise of railroads
B
the formation of enclaves
C
the downfall of rural areas
D
the creation of a consumer economy
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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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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
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What was a key reason for the expansion of the middle class in growing American cities?

A
Factories started paying higher wages than office jobs.
B
White-collar jobs often paid better than factory jobs.
C
Rural workers were forced to come and work in cities.
D
Increase in factory jobs contributed to increase in white-collar jobs.
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How did new urban transportation systems contribute to socioeconomic segregation in the late 1800s?

A
Wealthier people moved farther away from city centers.
B
Wealthier people moved closer to city centers.
C
People were able to move out of city slums.
D
Fewer resources became available to people who lived in city slums.
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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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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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Which of the following most directly describes the growth of cities?

A
segregation
B
urbanization
C
industrialization
D
commercialization
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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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