America Moves to the City

What motivated the movement of Americans into cities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

• The Second Industrial Revolution

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• The Civil War

What is the term used to describe the movement of populations from rural to urban areas?

• Migration

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Suburbanization

By what year did more Americans live in cities than in rural areas for the first time in US history?

• 1790

• 1870

• 1920

• 1890

During the Second Industrial Revolution, which of the following was NOT introduced?

• Assembly-line production

• The telephone

• The internet

• Electrification of homes and businesses

How many Americans migrated from rural to urban areas between 1870 and 1920?

• 11 million

• 25 million

• 2 percent

• 90 percent

What percentage of Americans lived on farms or ranches in 1790?

• 90 percent

• 2 percent

• 26 percent

• 11 million

Which technological innovation was not part of the first wave of the industrial revolution?

• Cotton gin

• Steamboats

• Telegraph

• Automobile

What type of housing did the poor live in during the Gilded Age according to the text?

• Urban mansions

• Suburbs

• Tenement houses

• Palatial mansions

Who published the photoessay "How the Other Half Lives" that influenced the improvement of tenement housing safety?

• Otis

• Bessemer

• Jacob Riis

• None of the above

What invention is credited with enabling the construction of skyscrapers?

• The automobile

• The Otis elevator

• The trolley

• The subway system