All of the following contributed significantly to the rapid growth of urban population in the late nineteenth century except
a. foreign immigration.
b. reductions in the level of crime and vice in cities.
c. the development of innovations in construction technology.
d. the improvement of urban transportation.
e. the development of Midwestern cities.
ANS: B
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