THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S
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Question
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The 1920 census showed that for the first time in the nation’s history, more people lived in urban areas than ____
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in cities.
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in rural areas.
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overseas.
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in tenements.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The fact is now an icon of American pivotal moments-the 1920 census revealed that, for the first time in U.S. history, more people lived in urban than in rural areas. The percentages were close-51.2% urban to 48.8% rural-but the significance was astounding.
Detailed explanation-2: -By 1920, more Americans lived in cities than in rural areas for the first time in US history.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 1920 census marked the first time in which over 50 percent of the U.S. population was defined as urban.
Detailed explanation-4: -What event best supports the image of the 1920’s as a decade of nativist sentiment? the free-enterprise system.
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