Question
Which of the following pieces of evidence best supports the passage below?
The nation quickly developed from an agricultural society of little houses on the prairie to an urbanized, “the business of America is business” powerhouse.
Answer choices for the above question
A. “‘We cannot all live in cities,’ wrote the news editor Horace Greeley in 1867, ‘yet nearly all seem determined to do so.’”
B. “In the country’s early days most Americans lived like Dale Carnegie’s family, on farms or in small towns, interacting with people they’d known since childhood.”
C. “In 1790, only 3 percent of Americans lived in cities; in 1840, only 8 percent did; by 1920, more than a third of the country were urbanites.”
D. “‘Citizens’ morphed into ‘employees,’ facing the question of how to make a good impression on people to whom they had no civic or family ties.”
The nation quickly developed from an agricultural society of little houses on the prairie to an urbanized, “the business of America is business” powerhouse.
Answer choices for the above question
A. “‘We cannot all live in cities,’ wrote the news editor Horace Greeley in 1867, ‘yet nearly all seem determined to do so.’”
B. “In the country’s early days most Americans lived like Dale Carnegie’s family, on farms or in small towns, interacting with people they’d known since childhood.”
C. “In 1790, only 3 percent of Americans lived in cities; in 1840, only 8 percent did; by 1920, more than a third of the country were urbanites.”
D. “‘Citizens’ morphed into ‘employees,’ facing the question of how to make a good impression on people to whom they had no civic or family ties.”
Answers
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The piece of evidence that best supports the passage regarding the transformation of the nation from an agricultural society to an urbanized powerhouse is:
C. “In 1790, only 3 percent of Americans lived in cities; in 1840, only 8 percent did; by 1920, more than a third of the country were urbanites.”
This option provides concrete statistical evidence of the increase in urbanization over time, illustrating the significant shift from a predominantly agricultural society to an urbanized one.
C. “In 1790, only 3 percent of Americans lived in cities; in 1840, only 8 percent did; by 1920, more than a third of the country were urbanites.”
This option provides concrete statistical evidence of the increase in urbanization over time, illustrating the significant shift from a predominantly agricultural society to an urbanized one.