Late nineteenth-century American cities differed from those in the early nineteenth century in that they
a. had mass transportation.
b. had rich and poor people living fairly close to one another.
c. were built primarily around commerce.
d. lacked separate residential, commercial, and manufacturing districts.
ANSWER: a
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