Which of the following is an 18^th century “port city” that was identified in class on Tuesday?

1. Chicago
2. New Orleans
3. San Francisco
4. New York

The early urban settlements in the United States were similar in that __________.

1. all were located inland
2. all were located in Canada
3. none of the above
4. they were located near water

The economic supremacy of New York City in the mid-nineteenth century was most stimulated by the __________.

1. St. Lawrence Seaway
2. steamboat
3. New York Port Authority
4. Erie Canal

 The period of “urban expansion” identified in the book and lecture was:

1. 1860–1900
2. 1860–1900
3. 1825–1860
4. 1790-1860

The video in class on Thursday was about

1. the industry revolution in the United States
2. Midwestern cities
3. the industrial revolution in Britain
4. the seaports cities

According to Thursday’s lecture, who said the following: “Modern industry has converted the little workshop…into the great factory of the industrial capitalist.”

1. Karl Marx
2.  
3. Steve Jobs
4. Andrew Carnegie

1. home manufacturing
2. none of the above
3. concentration and centralization
4. dispersion

Which of the following is most true regarding the role of railroads in the settlement of the US West?

1. Railroads opened the West and were crucial to its development.
2. Railroads were unnecessary to the development of the West.
3. Railroads came along after the West was already developed.
4. all of the above

The electric streetcar, which allowed for the development of the outer areas of the city, was first perfected in the 1890s in Chicago.  

1. True
2. False

The National Municipal League was organized to __________.

1. reform city government by getting rid of political bosses
2. help new immigrants adjust to city life
3. provide low cost housing for urban dwellers
4. none of the above

The Industrial Revolution in the United States occurred before the Industrial Revolution in Britain?

1. True
2. False

The video shown in class on Tuesday was about:

1. Urbanization in Los Angeles
2. the emergence of ancient cities 10,000 years ago.
3. the industrial revolution
4. urbanization in Los Angeles

At the time of the first US census (1790), the largest city in the nation was __________.

1. Philadelphia
2. New York
3. Boston
4. Charleston

According to Thursday’s lecture, the economic systems that can be equated with the industrial revolution is

1. nomadic society
2. none of the above
3. slave society
4. capitalist society

Which city does poet Carl Sandburg call, “Hog Butcher for the World”?

1. Detroit
2. Chicago
3. Smithfield
4. New York