How did urban populations maintain their numbers while constantly being the target of diseases?

Commoners constantly flowing in from countryside

Why couldn't conditions be improved in urban areas?

Lack of Medical knowledge, no transportation,overcrowding

What was Chadwick's "sanitary idea"?

That disease could be prevented by cleaning the environment.

Which is not a change Haussmann made in Paris?

Installation of electric streetcars

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1
How did urban populations maintain their numbers while constantly being the target of diseases?
Great medical knowledge
Public Transportation
Satanic Rituals
Commoners constantly flowing in from countryside
2
Edwin Chadwick was a follower of which radical philosopher?
Thomas More
Edward Seelenbacher
Joseph Lister
Jeremy Bentham
3
About what percent of Europeans by 1900 were of the working class?
50%
80%
90%
60%
4
What was the miasmatic theory?
If you don't work enough, you will be struck down by god.
Living in your own sewage is healthy.
That bad odor causes disease.
Keanu Reeves is immortal.
5
What did Louis Pasteur develop?
miasmatic theory
Germ Theory
1453 theory
Antiseptic principle
6
Which of these European nations was the first to experience rapid urbanization
Germany
The Netherlands
Great Britain
France
7
Who was Robert Koch?
Sports fishing enthusiast
Ethan Wellerstein in disguise
German Doctor
English Surgeon
8
What was the largest item in a middle class household budget?
Beer
Clothes
Wooden puzzles
Food
9
Which of these was a favorite leisure time activity of the working class?
All of the Above
Music Halls
Watching spectator sports
Frequenting Pubs
10
Why couldn't conditions be improved in urban areas?
Lack of Medical knowledge, no transportation,overcrowding
None of the classes paid attention to what is happening.
Lack of Medical knowledge, not enough energy, overcrowding
Not enough money
11
What were the typical jobs for the "new" middle class during the Industrial Revolution?
Church positions
White collar jobs
Blue collar jobs
Hard labor
12
Which best describes Paris of 1850?
Dangerous and unhealthy
Underpopulated and dark
Underpopulated and small
Overcrowded and Narrow
13
What was Chadwick's "sanitary idea"?
That Jerry Springer should be elected as president.
That 100% of people who drink water die
That disease could be prevented by cleaning the environment.
That janitors should be given a pay raise
14
What similarities did cities from the Middle Ages and Industrial Revolution have?
They were typically "walking cities"
All of the Above
Centers for economic, social, political aspects of society.
The cities were congested, dirty, and had bad sanitation
15
What was the name of the planner Napoleon III appointed to rebuild Paris?
Louis Pasteur
George Haussmann
Joseph Lister
Thomas More
16
Which is not a change Haussmann made in Paris?
Better housing
New Streets
Neighborhood parks
Installation of electric streetcars

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