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skyscraper - correct answer a tall building of many stories
accelerate - correct answer to move faster
indusrty - correct answer economic activity concerned with the processing of raw
materials and manufacture of goods in factories.
Tenements - correct answer Poorly built, overcrowded housing where many
immigrants lived
Clinics - correct answer health care facilities found in many types of health care
slum - correct answer a heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard
housing and squalor
Settlement Houses - correct answer Community centers located in the slums and
near tenements that gave aid to the poor, especially immigrants
Urbanization - correct answer the growth of cities
What conditions spurred the growth of industry? - correct answer Government
policies helped business grow and new technology allowed railroads and cities to
expand. Also new sources of energy supplied industry needs. an example of some
were; coal, iron and steel.
Why was Edison's power plant important? - correct answer The electric engine was
safer than the steam engine.
Why did the cost of automobiles decrease? - correct answer Henry Ford perfected
the assembly line make it easier and cheaper to make the cars.
