USA CITIZENSHIP TEST
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Question
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Metropolitan areas became immediately more overcrowded
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More people migrated to urban areas
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Rural areas became more populated than metropolitan areas
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More people migrated to the suburbs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Owning a car made it easier for white middle-and working-class families to move to sprawling new suburbs. Local and national transportation policy often encouraged suburbanization, to the detriment of older cities.
Detailed explanation-2: -The automobile gave people more personal freedom and access to jobs and services. It led to development of better roads and transportation. Industries and new jobs developed to supply the demand for automobile parts and fuel. These included petroleum and gasoline, rubber, and then plastics.
Detailed explanation-3: -Suburban living promoted the use of automobiles for transportation, which led to a vast expansion of America’s highway system. Suburbs’ emphasis on conformity had negative effects on both white women and minorities.
Detailed explanation-4: -Effects of the Automobile Freedom of choice encouraged many family vacations to places previously impossible. Urban dwellers had the opportunity to rediscover pristine landscapes, just as rural dwellers were able to shop in towns and cities. Teenagers gained more and more independence with driving freedom.
Detailed explanation-5: -The rapid expansion of the automobile industry created jobs throughout the country and played a large role in sustaining the economic prosperity of the 1920s. In 1929, at the peak of the decade’s economic boom, there were more than 330, 000 people employed at automobile dealerships in the country.