Chapter 21, Lesson 2

Which term refers to a thickly populated city or town?

• rural area

• urban area

• city

• country

Cities grew because of

• immigrants looking for work

• former farm workers were replaced by machinery and needed jobs

• freed African Americans needed jobs

• all of the above

These were helpful in the growth of cities by moving people and goods easily.

• shipping ports

• tenements

• railroads

• cars

Overcrowded housing for the poor with not hot water and shared toilets were known as

• tenements

• skyscrapers

• cable cars

• estates

People who lived comfortably but were not wealthy were known as

• upper class

• middle class

• lower class

• very poor

The very rich lived in

• houses with hot water and indoor plumbing

• tenements

• mansions or estates in the country

• ranches

Gilded means

• movable

• very loud

• covered with gold

• leading

Cities had trouble with all but which one of the following?

• disease

• trash

• crime

• water

Which of the following is a settlement house, providing aid for the poor in the cities?

• Hull House

• Ellis Island

• Howard House

• City Hospital

Eads Bridge was one of the first bridges to connect two cities across a river. It is located in what city?

• Brooklyn

• Pittsburgh

• St. Louis

• Manhattan