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Despite beliefs to the contrary, boosters in Chicago were not at all responsible for securing the rights to the 1893 World’s Fair.

Most white Americans owned homes during the late 18th century; only later were homes constructed in the newfound suburbs.

Which of the following best describes restrictive covenants?

What term best describes the practice of awarding government jobs and contracts to political supporters?

Urbanization was a process occurring elsewhere long before the founding of the United States.

Which of the following is true of local governments?

Which of the following terms best describes neighbors organizing to avert unwanted land uses or residents in their neighborhoods?

Which of the following was not a notable factor in the growth of American cities in the latter half of the 19th century?

2. Radical Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928) and her _______________ (British women who lobbied and agitated for the right to vote in the early 20th century) worked to get women the vote in Britain.

9. During the 1840s, Karl Marx (1818–1883) produced the most influential of all critiques of the newly emerged industrial order. His work, _______________ appeared early in 1848.