Growth of American Cities

__________ were passed to keep factories and farms away from homes.

• Zoning laws

• Building codes

• Health codes

Many cities had __________ buildings which contained many small, dangerous, run-down apartments.

• settlement

• penitent

• tenement

The Great Chicago Fire happened in __________.

• 1861

• 1871

• 1881

The meatpacking indusry brought many people to the city of __________.

• New York

• Pittsburgh

• Chicago

The word referring to life in a city is __________.

• urban

• rural

• rustic

What factors made cities grow rapidly in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• A baby boom and greatly improved health and safety measures

• Immigration and the expansion of business and industry

• Government funding and respect for Native American lands

Which city had a population over 500,000 in 1860?

• Philadelphia

• Boston

• St. Louis

Which of the following words refers to life in the city?

• urban

• suburban

• rural

• rustic

Why were the people of Chicago particularly fortunate in 1871 to live by Lake Michigan?

• It provided them with a beautiful view and recreation.

• They always had fresh drinking water and a place to dump sewage.

• They could escape into the water during the fire.

• They could sail directly to Europe without going to New York.

Why did the cities become so crowded in the late 1800s?

• People wanted to live close to the shopping districts and schools.

• Immigrants did not have any farming or agricultural skills.

• Thousands of immigrants needed land and neighborhoods.

• The immigrants kept coming, and the farmers moved to the cities.