4.08 Quiz: City Life
Who helped state investigators sweep out the old Tammany officeholders and bring into office a group of dedicated reformers?
Charles Parkhurst
How did innovative transportation changes, such as the streetcar, affect the development of nineteenth-century cities?
Cities could grow and expand to the suburbs because people no longer had to walk everywhere.
Which statement best describes the growth of cities in the late 1800s?
Cities grew rapidly as both immigrants and native-born citizens sought higher paying jobs.
Who designed New York's Central Park as a beautiful escape from urban life?
Frederick Law Olmstead
Which architect helped the city of Chicago rebuild after the fire and is known for using the idea that a building's function should influence its design?
Louis Sullivan
What was one problem with politics in the late 1800s?
Machines like Tammany Hall accepted bribes, took graft, and helped people in exchange for votes.
Which of the following would most likely be advocates for social Darwinism?
business owners
Which is not a way in which cities of the late 1800s became more stratified?
gender
Which was not an amusement that became popular in the growing cities of the late 1800s?
hockey
Which was not one of the problems cities experienced as a result of rapid growth in the late 1800s?
limited recreation options
