Which of the Following Statements Best Applies to Urban Life

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best applies to urban life in the early nineteenth century?

• A)Government intervention prevented consumer fraud and food adulteration.
• B)A tremendous decline in urban death rates accounted for the increased population of most large cities.
• C)Lower-class family dwellings were on the whole much better than in the countryside.
• D)Filthy sanitary conditions were exacerbated by the city authorities' slow response to take responsibility for public health.
• E)Modern urban planning began in the city of London in the 1850s.

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