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Question 1

What does it take to qualify as an urban population?

Answer 1

living in a town with 2,500 people or more

Question 2

Why did farmers begin moving to the cities? (5 things)

Answer 2

• better paying jobs
• electricity
• running water
• plumbing
• entertainment

Question 3

This is a tall steel frame building that was introduced by Louis Sullivan. It allowed cities to build up.

Answer 3

skyscraper

Question 4

What kinds of new transits were introduced? (3 things)

Answer 4

• cable cars
• electric trolley car
• elevated railroads

Question 5

Where did wealthy families tend to settle?

Answer 5

hearts of cities with elaborately constructed homes

Question 6

Where did middle class families tend to settle?

Answer 6

away from the city in a suburb

Question 7

Where did lower class families tend to settle?

Answer 7

tenements

Question 8

This is a dark and crowded multi-family apartment that most of the working class lived in.

Answer 8

tenement

Question 9

What happened as a result of growth in the cities?

Answer 9

an increase in crime, fire, disease and pollution

Question 10

This is an informal political group designed to gain and keep power.

Answer 10

political machine

Question 11

This is the controller of a political machine that controlled a city’s finances. The most infamous of these is William “boss” Tweed.

Answer 11

party boss

Question 12

This is the act of getting money through dishonor of questionable means.

Answer 12

grafting