Author Question: What fueled the massive growth of cities in the second half of the nineteenth century? a. The ... (Read 93 times)

Shelles · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

As an example of rapid urbanization, the cities whose population grew from 172,000 to 2,700,000 and from 960,000 to 6,500,000 during the 1800s, respectively, were

a. New York and Tokyo.
b. Paris and London.
c. Berlin and Milan.
d. Berlin and London.
e. Batavia and Shanghai.

Question 2

What fueled the massive growth of cities in the second half of the nineteenth century?

a. The availability of affordable housing
b. The improvements in urban health and living conditions
c. The rise in home construction for the middle class
d. The relocation of key industries and jobs to urban areas
e. The tax incentives many municipalities provided for new business development