The Growth of Cities

Question 1

Choose whether the details below are features of the wealthy, the middle class, or the working poor. worked as doctors and lawyers exposed to disease and illness as a result of horrible living conditionslived in the inner city lived in lavish homes lived in comfort, but not in luxury owned large corporations and factories

Revolt · Accepted Answer

wealthy; middle class; working poor

Question 2

Which invention did you include in your answer?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The telephone made communication easier.; Mass-produced steel allowed cities to build skyscrapers.; The elevator made skyscrapers more practical.; Electricity made working in factories easier.; Subways, elevated trains, and streetcars made it easer to move around the city.

Question 3

Choose whether the factor listed was a cause or an effect of urban problems in the late 1800s and early 1900s.Disease was common. Tenements were overcrowded. Tenements were not well maintained. Workplace accidents were common.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

cause; effect

Question 4

What did you infer about these boys?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They are homeless.; They do not have parents to look after them.; They don’t have much food to eat.; They don’t have warm clothes or jackets.

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