Urbanization in America

Question 1

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

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Wealthier people moved further away from city centers.

Question 2

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

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in inner-city tenements.

Question 3

Which of the following was an effect of the growth of the service industry in the late 1800s?

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The urban middle class grew.

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

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

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Cities offered more jobs and opportunities.

Question 6

Between 1790 and 1900, cities in America

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grew rapidly as people moved to urban centers.

Question 7

When Jacob Riis wrote "How the Other Half Lives" in 1890, the "other half" he was referring to was the

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working poor.

Question 8

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

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increase in overcrowding

Question 9

Tenement apartments at the beginning of the twentieth century were

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small and dangerous.

Question 10

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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Both living and working conditions were unsafe.

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