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- 4. Lack of water supply, wooden buildings, candles, & kerosene heaters made _________ common in cities.
- 5. Transportation systems designed to move large numbers of people along fixed routes.
- 6. This was introduced in the 1870s to make city water safer.
- 9. Where did people dump their garbage before there were garbage collectors.
- 11. This was designed to assimilate people of wide-ranging cultures into the dominant culture.
- 15. Which ethnic group settled in the largest area of New York City?
- 17. Community centers in slum neighborhoods that provided assistance to people, especially immigrants.
- 19. This type of transportation was introduced in San Francisco in 1873.
- 20. This type of transportation was introduced in Boston in 1897.
- 21. After the San Francisco earthquake, for how many days did fires burn in the city?
- 22. After technological improvements in farming, many farmers moved from rural areas to ___________.
- 23. What U.S. city established the nation's first paid fire department?
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- 1. Job competition between blacks & white immigrants caused this.
- 2. Because cities did not have safe __________ __________, diseases like cholera & typhoid fever spread.
- 3. Police forces were started in response to the increase in ____________ in the cities.
- 7. One of the most influential members of the settlement house movement, she founded the Hull House in Chicago.
- 8. Many cities developed these systems to replace outhouses & improve hygienic living conditions.
- 10. Preached salvation through service to the poor.
- 12. Many immigrants moved to cities because they were convenient & ________ place to live.
- 13. By 1890, there were more Irish people living in this U.S. city than in Dublin.
- 14. Multifamily urban dwellings.
- 16. African Americans moved north to cities like Chicago & _____________ to escape racial violence.
- 18. Term used to refer to growth of cities.