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Quiz for America Compared: The World’s Biggest Cities, 1800–2000

Question

1. The evidence in Table 19.1 supports which of the following conclusions?

The skyrocketing birthrate in the United States during the nineteenth century accounted for the tremendous growth of its major cities.

Due to the industrial revolution, international population centers shifted from Asia to Europe and the United States in the nineteenth century.

The United States outstripped Great Britain as the world’s most powerful nation in the nineteenth century.

Nineteenth-century immigration patterns accounted for the massive population shift from Asia to Europe and the United States.

Correct. The answer is b. The table illustrates that, by 1900, industrialization had transformed the cities of Europe and the United States into major urban centers that far exceeded the populations of the large cities of 1800.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The table illustrates that, by 1900, industrialization had transformed the cities of Europe and the United States into major urban centers that far exceeded the populations of the large cities of 1800.

Question

2. What do the data presented in Table 19.1 suggest about the status of the United States in the world in 1800, 1900, and 2000?

The United States reached the height of its international power and importance in 1900.

The power of the United States did not exceed that of England in 1800, 1900, or 2000.

Japan’s status as a world power exceeded that of the United States in 1800, 1900, and 2000.

It was a minor nation in 1800, but the United States had emerged as a world power by 1900.

Correct. The answer is d. The table suggests that although the United States did not rise to the level of international importance in 1800, by 1900, it contained three out of ten of the world’s largest cities and had begun to emerge as a world power.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The table suggests that although the United States did not rise to the level of international importance in 1800, by 1900, it contained three out of ten of the world’s largest cities and had begun to emerge as a world power.