SS Test 2 Section 5

Which is the best description of the living and working conditions of the urban poor at the turn of the twentieth century? Both living and working conditions were dangerous and unsafe. Both living and working conditions were relatively safe. Living conditions were unsafe, but working conditions were safe. Living conditions were safe, but working conditions were unsafe.

Both living and working conditions were dangerous and unsafe.

The service industry in the United States grew in the late 1800s. What was one effect of that growth? The number of people with jobs in factories as unskilled workers decreased. The number of people with jobs in factories as unskilled workers increased. The middle class grew as people took jobs as clerks, lawyers, and teachers. The middle class shrank as people left jobs as clerks, lawyers, and teachers.

The middle class grew as people took jobs as clerks, lawyers, and teachers.

Which of the following was a major effect of urbanization? Living conditions improved in cities. The middle class grew in cities. Cities became less segregated. The wealthy class grew in cities.

The middle class grew in cities.

Which of the following best defines urbanization? Urbanization is separating the population by race. Urbanization is the growth of cities. Urbanization is the growth of service jobs. Urbanization is the use of unskilled labor.

Urbanization is the growth of cities.

In the late 1800s, what attracted farm workers from rural areas to the cities? employment opportunities and cultural opportunities educational opportunities and immigrant communities employment opportunities and tenement housing educational opportunities and slum neighborhoods

employment opportunities and cultural opportunities

Many tenement apartments in the early 1900s had few windows and poor ventilation. garbage collection but little light. indoor plumbing and sewer systems. safety features but few windows.

few windows and poor ventilation.

Throughout the 1800s, urban areas in the United States grew as more and more people left rural areas. shrank as rural areas became more popular. shrank as people began moving to the suburbs. grew slowly as a result of industrialization.

grew as more and more people left rural areas.

What condition most contributed to disease spreading in tenements in the early 1900s? inadequate lighting lack of electricity lack of fire protection inadequate sanitation

inadequate sanitation

Which is a service industry job that a middle-class person most likely would have had in the early 1900s? farmer bank clerk factory worker railroad worker

inadequate sanitation

Tenement apartments in the early 1900s were spacious but crowded. small and unsafe. crowded but safe. updated and spacious.

small and unsafe.

Who were the "other half" that Jacob Riis referred to in his 1890 book How the Other Half Lives? the factory owners the upper class the working poor the middle class

the working poor

How did the growth of cities create problems for the working poor? People had to move to rural areas to find work. People could not live near their workplaces. People could not travel on public transportation. People had to live and work in crowded areas.

People had to live and work in crowded areas.

Which of the following best explains why immigrants and the wealthy often lived in different parts of a city? Immigrants usually lived on the edge of cities, far from their workplaces. Laws forced immigrants and the wealthy to live in separate parts of cities. The wealthy preferred to live on the edge of cities, away from the working poor. The lack of public transportation made it hard for immigrants to travel to work.

The wealthy preferred to live on the edge of cities, away from the working poor.

Which of the following phrases best describes American society in the early 1900s? a large middle class and a small class of working poor a growing middle class and a small class of working poor a large middle class and a large class of working poor a growing middle class and a large class of working poor

a growing middle class and a large class of working poor

Which reason best explains why urbanization happened in the United States in the late 1800s? Cities were clean, peaceful places to settle. Cities offered more jobs and opportunities. Rural areas were closed to immigrants. Rural areas only provided factory work.

Cities offered more jobs and opportunities.