Which was a major public problem that existed in the 1880s and continues to exist in U.S. metropolitan areas?

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LOOKING BACKWARD

THEY WOULD CLOSE TO THE NEW C COMER THE BRIDGE THAT CARRIED THEM

AND THEIR FATHERS OVER.

Source: “Looking Backward.” Joseph Keppler, colored proof for Puck, 11 January 1893.

Reprinted courtesy of the Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Arts, Prints, and Photographs,

The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.

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By the 1880s in the continental United States, most of the desirable farmland was already owned and settled.This development and the population trend implied in the cartoon caused problems for U.S. cities at that time that continue in U.S. metropolitan areas today.

Which was a major public problem that existed in the 1880s and continues to exist in U.S. metropolitan areas?
A . animal waste due to public transportation
B . changes in clothing styles
C . voter registration
D . unaffordable housing
E . ruined crops from droughts

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Answer: D