In what ways did cities of the Gilded Age differ geographically from those of an earlier era? Why did these changes come about?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: The chapter is built around the concept of a transformation from an undifferentiated walking city to a functionally specialized city built around mass transportation. Although this is a difficult concept, better students ought to get the big picture. The development of transportation enabled affluent residents to set up residential districts on the city's perimeter, districts that were usually incorporated into the city proper. Downtown areas became more expensive, leading to the creation of high-rent central business districts that forced industry to the periphery. Because workers could not afford the transportation costs, they had to live within walking distance from their places of employment, creating workingclass neighborhoods, generally differentiated by ethnicity.
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A) General Assembly B) International Monetary Fund C) Security Council D) Secretariat
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a. Venice. b. Lisbon. c. Constantinople. d. Dublin.
The "Five Glorious Days" occurred when
a. the people of Milan successfully expelled the Austrians in March 1848. b. revolutionaries established "a pure democracy with the glorious name of the Roman Republic." c. Louis Napoleon and the French regained the city of Rome for the Pope. d. Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia expelled the Austrians from Lombardy and Venetia. e. revolutionaries in Naples forced the king to grant the country a liberal constitution.
This chapter tells the story of the Powhatan confederacy to make the point that
A. since the English colony was so self-sufficient, they felt no need to cultivate friendly relations with the few scattered, unorganized tribal bands in the Chesapeake region. B. Powhatan had no strategy to deal with the white "tribes" who invaded his domain, so he tried in vain to organize an alliance to resist the English. C. the initial English settlements at Virginia survived only because of the generous assistance provided by local Indian tribes. D. Indians initially tolerated the first English settlers as allies against rival tribes, but the cultivation of tobacco led to white land hunger that would destroy Indian power.