Inequality and New Standards of Living

Fill in the blank: By the turn of the century, the urban upper classes generally had ________.

• Natural gas

• Telephones

• Indoor plumbing

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Fill in the blank: The growing mountain of trash was a result of ________.

• Reuse

• Recycling

• Mass production

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Fill in the blank: Workers purchased the most minimal ____ insurance.

• public

• private

• health

• life

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What was the purpose of employer-sponsored cottages?

• To provide luxury housing

• To offer temporary shelter

• To locate near industrial employment

• To serve as vacation homes

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What was a common feature of neighborhoods where skilled workers lived?

• Large mansions

• Small businessmen and low-level white-collar workers

• Only skilled workers

• No businesses

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What was the occupational group that grew as corporations expanded?

• Farmers

• Low-level white-collar workers

• Artists

• Teachers

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What did the new theory about disease, popularized in newspapers, suggest was the cause of illness?

• Bad air

• Germs

• Evil spirits

• Poor diet

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Fill in the blank: By 1890, Edison’s company had created a delivery system for generating and transmitting the new form of ______.

• Water

• Gas

• Energy

• Coal

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Fill in the blank: The innovations in housekeeping encouraged people to conform to higher standards of ______.

• Cooking

• Housekeeping

• Gardening

• Shopping

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Electric streetcars were first used in which city in 1887?

• New York

• Chicago

• Richmond

• Boston