What transportation technology made getting around in cities easier in the mid to late 1800s? a. automobiles b. cable cars c. gondolas d. horses

People could reach their destinations faster and faster because of new methods of mass transit. Cable cars were operational in cities such as San Francisco and Chicago by the mid-1880s. Boston completed the nation’s first underground subway system in 1897. Middle class Americans could now afford to live farther from a city’s core.

the main objectives of the progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.

they met to talk about what type of government they wanted and how best to go about creating that republican government.