<u>Original Question: </u><u><em>How did the technology of the late 1800s affect the growth of cities?</em></u>
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<u>Answer: Choice (D)</u> or <u>All of the Above</u>
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<em>Reason:</em>
<em>They are all correct because the railroad allowed for faster transportation meaning that more people could live a little farther from the city center and still get to their respective places on time. Electric streetcars served the same purpose of railroads within the city center. Steel and metal technology advanced which gave way to a stronger building material that allowed for skyscrapers to exist.</em>
The Indus River Valley Civilization and Mesopotamia were all centralized on these fertile river valley because it allowed food to easily grow so they had excess food, bringing more people in.
