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How did new urban transportation systems contribute to socioeconomic segregation in the late 1800s?
Wealthier people moved further away from city centers.
Wealthier people moved closer to city centers.
People were able to move out of city slums.
People in city slums had fewer resources available.

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Wealthier people moved further away from city centers.

Explanation: streetcars, commuter rail and other new transit let middle- and upper-class residents live in suburbs and commute to work, leaving lower-income workers concentrated in central-city neighborhoods and increasing socioeconomic segregation.