Science and Urban Life

An example of engineering innovations that laid the groundwork for modern American life was the ​ (a)  

• Brooklyn Bridge
• White House
• Sears Tower
• US Bank Building

Cities in every industrial area expanded which ways?

• outward

• upward

• inward

• into outer space

• underground

In ​ (a)   only ​ (b)   American cities had populations of 50,000 or more

By ​ (c)   that number was ​ (d)  

• 1870
• 25
• 1890
• 58
• 1860
• 1900
• 15
• 68

By the turn of the ​ (a)   century, because of the increasing number of ​ (b)   jobs, four out of ten Americans made their homes in ​ (c)  

• 20th
• industrial
• cities
• 18th
• 19th
• farming
• transportation
• ranches
• tenements

Technological advances began to meet the nation's needs in what area?

• communication

• transportation

• space

• business

• politics

One way to remedy for more urban space was to build toward the ​ (a)  

• sky
• ground
• Congress
• center of the Earth

What factors allowed architects to design taller buildings?

• invention of elevators

• development of internal steel skeletons

• subsidies from corrupt politicians

• political machines

In 1890-1891, ​ (a)   designed the ten-story Wainwright Building in ​ (b)   . The building appeared gracefl because it's steel framwork supported both ​ (c)   and ​ (d)  

• Louis Sullivan
• St. Louis
• floors
• walls
• Henry Bessemer
• New York City
• Baltimore
• plumbing

The ​ (a)   became America's great contribution to architecture.

• skyscraper
• railroad
• ceiling
• buttress

What problem did the skyscraper solve?

• how to make best use of limited and expensive space

• how to have 1 million people live in a building

• how to best spend money

• how to attract cowboys