During the First Two Decades of the Twentieth Century, What

question 8

Multiple Choice

During the first two decades of the twentieth century, what was the greatest source of urban population growth?

• A) The exodus from rural and small-town America
• B) The increasing birthrate within the cities themselves
• C) Immigration
• D) Medical advances that ended the major urban diseases
• E) Improvements in sanitation

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