In dealing with the huge numbers of immigrants, most cities solved their housing problems by moving the new arrivals into
a. all of these answers
b. tenement blocks of housing
c. suburban areas
d. skyscrapers.
e. public transportation
ANS: B
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How was the United States different from European industrializing nations in the late nineteenth century?
a. The United States did not have a major political party explicitly committed to the cause of labor. b. The United States did not have access to the quantity of raw materials available to European countries. c. The United States did not have the level of technology innovation as other industrializing nations. d. The United States did not have the level of available capital compared to the capital available to European corporations.
The East German leader Erich Honecker was most noted for
A) building the Berlin Wall in 1961. B) establishing a virtual dictatorship by using the Stasi or secret police in the 1970s and 1980s. C) urging the political unification of West and East Germany in the late 1980s. D) leading an unsuccessful independence movement from the Soviet Union in 1953. E) dismantling the Berlin Wall.
One consequence of the Kushite defeat by the Assyrians in the seventh century B.C.E. was
A. that Egyptian religious beliefs died out. B. that trade along the Nile came to a standstill. C. the adoption of iron weaponry by the Kushites. D. the collapse of the Nubian kingdom, never to rise to power again.
How did political machines gain influence in big cities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
A. They relied heavily on the use of violence to intimidate voters during elections. B. They relied on polling to determine what voters wanted and used the data to design their campaigns. C. They consolidated business power in the hands of the bosses and ignored immigrants. D. They offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political and financial support.