Part 6: Change in New York Flashcards
1
Q
- How many people lived in New York in 1800?
A
a. 60,000
2
Q
- How many people lived in New York in 1860?
A
a. 860,000
3
Q
- What sort of industry was in New York?
A
a. Clothing
b. Food
4
Q
- Why did New York grow so much?
A
a. Immigration e.g. from Ireland
5
Q
- When did suburbanisation happen in New York?
A
a. From 1900
6
Q
- What technology made suburbanisation possible?
A
a. Subway trains
b. Cars
7
Q
- Why could people move out of the city?
A
a. Cheap land
8
Q
- When did counter-urbanisation happen in New York?
A
a. 1950 – 1980
9
Q
- How many people left?
A
a. 12%
10
Q
- Who left New York?
A
a. Wealthier white middle class people
11
Q
- Who stayed in the city?
A
a. Poorer people
12
Q
- Why did people leave?
A
a. Violence and gangs
b. Overcrowding
13
Q
- What happened to businesses in the city?
A
a. They lost money
14
Q
- What happened to the amount of tax paid in the city?
A
a. It went down
15
Q
- What happened because of tax not being paid?
A
a. Services got worse
