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

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 3

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

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the formation of ethnic neighborhoods

Question 4

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

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by transporting raw materials and finished goods

Question 5

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 6

Which of the following phrases best describes American society in the early 1900s?

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a small wealthy class, a growing middle class, and a large class of working poor

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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Both living and working conditions were unsafe.

Question 8

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 9

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

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Cities offered more jobs and opportunities.

Question 10

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

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Immigrants formed communities when they were shunned elsewhere.

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