According to the documentary film on New York City, what two technological advances were necessary to produce the skyscrapers that allowed the modern city to grow upward rather than outward?Group of answer choicesElevators and steelConcrete and automobilesPower tools and time clocksAssembly lines and interchangeable parts

Which of the following was the first building project in the United States that promoted growth of industry on a large scale?New York subwayNational RoadErie CanalTranscontinental railroad

Which of the following did not contribute to the growth of American cities in the nineteenth century?Multiple choice question.difficulties with transporting food to urban populationsreduced productivity of many eastern farmsthe beginnings of industrializationthe influx of immigrants

The invention of the ____ in 1888 allowed cities to increase in size.Group of answer choiceselectric lighttelegraphelectric streetcarautomobilesubway

According to the documentary film on New York City, the Lower East Side neighborhood contributed to the development of New York City for all of the following reasons EXCEPTGroup of answer choicesIt contained immigrants who brought with them generations of pent-up energy Its poor housing conditions forced residents to intermingleIt was a center for artists and musicians who received funds from wealthy New YorkersIts streets contain immigrant markets

Read this passage from "The City Without Us":The notion that someday nature could swallow whole something so colossal and concrete as a modern city doesn't slide easily into our imaginations. The sheer titanic presence of a New York City resists efforts to picture it wasting away. The events of September 2001 showed only what human beings with explosive hardware can do, not crude processes like erosion or rot. . . . Nevertheless, the time it would take nature to rid itself of what urbanity has wrought may be less than we might suspect.Why does the author most likely emphasize the size of New York City?A.To contrast the city with the much smaller ecosystems that existed before itB.To show that it's actually quite small compared to nature and the ecosystemC.To imply that New York City comprises its own self-contained ecosystemD.To suggest that humanity's mark on the environment is irreversibleSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS