Which of the following statements best applies to urban life in the early nineteenth century?

A) Government intervention prevented consumer fraud and food adulteration.
B) A tremendous decline in urban death rates accounted for the increased population of most large cities.
C) Lower-class family dwellings were on the whole much better than in the countryside.
D) Filthy sanitary conditions were exacerbated by the city authorities' slow response to take responsibility for public health.
E) Modern urban planning began in the city of London in the 1850s.


D

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A) to instruct Americans in distinguishing between Asian enemies and allies B) to encourage public violence against Asians and Asian Americans in the United States C) to show that the Chinese were friendly but that Japanese-Americans supported imperial Japan D) to promote greater immigration to the United States from China

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