How Did Members of the Northern Middle Class Respond to What

question 26

Multiple Choice

How did members of the northern middle class respond to what they perceived to be moral decline in the North's largest cities?

• A) They pushed city officials to establish police forces.
• B) They used their own money to erect gas lights on streets in many cities.
• C) They formed neighborhood associations whose members patrolled city streets at night.
• D) They urged city governments to ban the purchase of handguns.

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