Exam 10: The Suburbanization Process

Across America's cities, African Americans are pulling out of central cities and moving to the suburbs. Some observers have referred to this trend as "black

If we limit the analysis to metropolitan areas of over a million residents, almost half of the minorities lived in the suburbs in 2000, compared to just over 40 percent a decade ago. This surge in minority representation in suburbs has been concentrated in just 35 metropolitan areas that William Frey describes as

During the decade ending in 1900, the United States population was growing at a rate of __________ persons per year.

In the 1920s, central cities grew faster than the suburbs in 70 percent of all United States metropolitan districts.

In terms of sheer numbers, the post-World War II period was the decade of the greatest suburban expansion in Unites States history.

The text points out that Fordism disappeared in the 1970s and a new set of economic arrangements called post-Fordism or __________ production took its place.

In the decades between World War I and World War II, the __________ became the dominant form of intraurban transportation in the United States.

During the 1950s, which of the following is/are among the observations of students of the city about the suburbs?

Most of the rapidly growing metropolitan areas east of the Mississippi, such as Atlanta, have what Robert Lang and Patrick Simmons refer to as "boomburbs."

In 2000, __________ percent of Americans lived in metropolitan areas.

With the exception of a few years in the 1970s, cities have grown faster than rural areas since 1820.

According to Joe Garreau, a(n) __________ is a major concentration of retailing, employment, entertainment, and other activities formerly found only in the central business district.

Defined broadly as that area outside the central city but within the boundaries of the metropolitan statistical area, suburbs now hold __________ million of the nation's 281 million people.

Compared to more recent decades, describe the suburban image during the 1950s in the United States.

Provide a detailed description of Census 2000's portrait of America's suburbs.

Today, __________ out of ten Americans can expect to live to retirement age, and as a result people over 65 are the fastest-growing segment of our population.

Nationally, __________ percent of whites now live in suburbs.

In 2001, Robert Lang and Patrick Simmons introduced the term __________ to describe a new type of large, rapidly growing suburban city that emerged in the latter part of the twentieth century - places with more than 100,000 residents that are not the largest city in their metropolitan areas.

A(n) __________ is composed of a central city with at least 50,000 or more people and with one or more counties that are politically, socially, and economically dependent on the central city.

What are "boomburbs?" Give several examples in your answer.