Question

Which of the following transformed city life in the late 1800s?

Select all that apply.
(1 point)
Responses

elevators and skyscrapers
elevators and skyscrapers

electric streetcars
electric streetcars

automobiles
automobiles

telephones

Answer 1

- Elevators and skyscrapers — Yes. (Safety elevators and steel-frame construction enabled taller buildings in the late 1800s.)
- Electric streetcars — Yes. (Electric trolleys, introduced in the 1880s, reshaped urban transit and growth.)
- Automobiles — No. (Cars were invented late 1800s but did not widely transform city life until the early 1900s.)
- Telephones — Yes. (Invented in 1876, telephones rapidly changed business and urban communication.)