Review Questions

1. Why did American cities experience explosive growth in the late nineteenth century?
2. How did business expansion and consolidation change workers’ occupations in the late nineteenth century?
3. Why did membership in the Knights of Labor rise in the late 1870s and decline in the 1890s?
4. How did urban industrialism shape home life and the world of leisure?
5. How did municipal governments respond to the challenges of urban expansion?