What basic planning/design scheme seems to appear and reappear, repeatedly, throughout the history of planning in the United States? Grid
The automobile fundamentally alters planning and design practice in the 20th century. True
There were a number of significant global events that have shape...
What basic planning/design scheme seems to appear and reappear, repeatedly, throughout the
history of planning in the United States? Grid
The automobile fundamentally alters planning and design practice in the 20th century. True
There were a number of significant global events that have shaped planning thinking and practice
in the US. Which one is perhaps the most important, in terms of its impact on the contemporary
city? WW2
What does the phrase "places are not accidental" seem to imply? Places exist because of
intentional human action
The introductory lecture includes this quote from Sigfried Giedion: "the past gnaws incessantly
into the future." Which of the following best characterizes the meaning of the quote. Future
is powerfully shaped by the past
Slavery was widespread in colonial-era North America, and played an important role in the
economies of cities and towns of the period. True
As the United States comes into existence, as a nation state, in the late 18th century, the
population was concentrated along interior rivers, especially the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
False
During the middle centuries, from approximately the 1300s to the 1700s, there were many
changes affecting the understanding of time and space among Europeans. There were two
innovations during this period that were particularly important to the origins of the period of
European colonialism. One was the invention of the mechanical clock. What was the other?
Better understanding of longitude
During the European colonial period, various monarchies made claims to land that would
become North America. What three monarchies made the most extensive land claims? Spain,
England, France
What was the name of the largest of the many cities that existed in the land that would later
become the United States, prior to European colonial contact? Cahokia
What was the name of the 1790 act that settled the location of the new capital city for the United
States? Residence Act
Among the inspirations (precedents) for the design of Washington was which French city?
Versailles
, The plan of Washington was drawn by the French engineer Pierre L'Enfant. It was adopted by
the federal government without modification. False
The plan of Washington reflects, broadly, what style of design? Baroque
The initial design of the Mall in Washington included what feature that was never built? Canal
The period from the beginning of the 1800s to the early 1830s witnessed a boom in canal
building in the United States. What comparative transportation advantages did canals offer over
roads? Canals provided cheaper and faster movement of bulk goods
The Jefferson-Hartley map was created around 1783. It showed the boundaries of a set of new
states between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. Why was the map
significant? It represents an early effort to develop a plan for westward expansion
The Louisiana Purchase, executed by the Jefferson Administration in 1803, almost doubles the
spatial extent of the United States. The purchase ignites a series of issues around land planning
and development. Which of the following was not one of those issues? Competing Dutch
land claims
The Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Subject of Public Roads and Canals was
published in 1808. The document, produced under Albert Gallatin, made a series of
recommendations for new federal infrastructure. What major project did the report identify that
would play an important role in establishing the economic power of New York? Erie Canal
How many major land ordinances were enacted by the Continental Congress in the 1780s?
3
In "The Fourth Migration," what does Mumford identify as the "magnet of the third migration"?
Financial Centers
In Chapter III of the "The Philadelphia Negro," author W.E.B. Du Bois suggests that
Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia by extension, is a good place to study the condition of African
Americans in the 1890s. Which of the following is not one of the reasons he cites?agriculture
was highly organized and heavily dependent on black laborers
In Chapter IV of The Philadelphia Negro, Du Bois writes about a series of race riots in
Philadelphia in the 1830s. These riots accompanied a larger effort by whites in Pennsylvania to
deny what fundamental right to the city's black residents? vote
Mumford claims that the symbol of the first migration was the canal. False
At the end of the article, Mumford identifies two possible outcomes for the fourth migration.
Which of the following is one of those outcomes? crystallize in a formation as bad as earlier
migrations
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