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The period between 1870 and 1900 became known as the Gilded

Age.

It was a time of tremendous change in the United States. During the Gilded Age, the U.S. population nearly doubled. Look at the tables showing the five U.S. cities with the largest populations in 1870 and in 1900. Then answer the question below.

1870
City	Population
1. New York	942,292
2. Philadelphia	674,022
3. Brooklyn	419,921
4. St. Louis	310,864
5. Chicago	298,977

1900
City	Population
1. New York	3,437,202
2. Chicago	1,698,575
3. Philadelphia	1,293,697
4. St. Louis	575,238
5. Boston	560,892

Which of the following conclusions are supported by the tables above? Select

three.

The population of large urban areas in the U.S. declined from 1870 to 1900.

In 1900, three U.S. cities' populations exceeded 1,000,000.

In 1870, no U.S. city's population exceeded 1,000,000.

New York had the largest population of any U.S. city in both 1870 and 1900.

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