All of the following are TRUE about the transformation of the American urban population at the end of the nineteenth century EXCEPT
A) the United States increased from 40 million to 75 million between 1870 and 1900.
B) the population increase between 1870 and 1900 resulted from only massive waves of immigration.
C) New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia all had a million residents by 1900.
D) cities across America increased in population and became more densely populated in 1900 than previously in 1870.
Answer: B
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