WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Question
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The Brooklyn bridge was the first ____
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skyscraper
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telephone
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suspension bridge
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radio show
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Brooklyn Bridge was designed by John A. Roebling. Construction began in 1869 and was completed in 1883. At the time, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -With an overall length of 1, 825m (5, 989 ft) and with a main span of 486m (1, 595 ft), it was the longest suspension bridge in the world until 1903. First known as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and as the East River Bridge it was commonly referred to as the Brooklyn Bridge and this became its formal name in 1915.
Detailed explanation-3: -All would later be dwarfed by the Brooklyn Bridge, which, with a main span of just over 1, 595 feet, was by far the longest suspension bridge in the world.
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