Author Question: In what ways did cities of the Gilded Age differ geographically from those of an earlier era? Why ... (Read 108 times)

plus1 · **on:** Sep 11, 2019

Question 1

By the late 1990s, Iran's Islamic revolution had

a. succeeded in ending official corruption.
b. overcome earlier economic problems, such as high inflation.
c. permanently ended press censorship and university purges.
d. temporarily elected to high office someone who could be considered a moderate.
e. abandoned the chador requirement for women as being unislamic.

Question 2

In what ways did cities of the Gilded Age differ geographically from those of an earlier era? Why did these changes come about?

What will be an ideal response?

Jayson · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 11, 2019

Answer 1

d

Answer 2

The chapter is built around the concept of a transformation from an undifferentiated walking city to a functionally specialized city built around mass transportation. Although this is a difficult concept, better students ought to get the big picture. The development of transportation enabled affluent residents to set up residential districts on the city's perimeter, districts that were usually incorporated into the city proper. Downtown areas became more expensive, leading to the creation of high-rent central business districts that forced industry to the periphery. Because workers could not afford the transportation costs, they had to live within walking distance from their places of employment, creating working-class neighborhoods, generally differentiated by ethnicity.