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Â*How did building Central Park in New York City influence the work of urban planners?

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* It emphasized the development of recreational areas as part of urban growth.

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* It made it difficult for urban planners to buy the land they needed for similar projects.

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* It forced planners to consider using skyscrapers.

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* It set an unreasonable standard for most urban planners.



3.Â*Who was not a nineteenth-century urban planner who promoted the orderly growth of cities?
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Louis Sullivan

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Daniel Burnham

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Frederick Law Olmstead

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* James Sherman



4.Â*How did political machines contribute to urban political corruption?

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* by accepting bribes in exchange for favors

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* by using force to obtain city contracts

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* by encouraging only whites to vote

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* by preventing blacks from obtaining housing



5.Â*What was Jane Addams's Hull House in Chicago an example of?

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* an urban hotel for women only

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* a political machine that operated to benefit immigrants

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* a settlement house opened to assist the urban poor

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* a skyscraper that changed the look of the city



6.Â*Why did the Populist Party fail?

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* They promoted an economy that did not regulate business.

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* They pushed for a change in the tax structure.

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* They neglected present needs in favor of future plans.

Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Their agenda looked to the past rather than to the future.
 
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