Homework Check 4.2

The rising value of land in some cities encouraged the building of tall, steel framed buildings called skyscrapers.

• True

• False

During the last half of the 1800s. the wealthiest families established fashionable districts in "streetcar suburbs".

• True

• False

Threats from crime and violence, fire, disease, and pollution were part of city life in the late 1800s - especially for the working poor.

• True

• False

In the late 1800s, drinking water in American cities was often contaminated because of the lack of flush toilets.

• True

• False

The famous New York City Democratic political machine was known as Tammany Hall.

• True

• False

In the late 1800s, many rural Americans moved to big cities in search of

• political power.

• high society.

• shorter work hours.

• better-paying jobs

Most urban working-class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called

• work houses.

• skyscrapers.

• tenements.

• suburbs.

In response to urban congestion, Boston and New York City built the first

• tunnels.

• trolley cars.

• overpasses.

• subway systems.

American industrialization made some people wealthy and created a growing

• middle class.

• agricultural system.

• federal government.

• political machine.

Who rose to become one of New York City's most powerful party bosses?

• Zalmen Yoffeh

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• George Plunkitt

• Thomas Pendergast