New York City Became the Center of the Development of Skyscrapers

Multiple Choice

New York City became the center of the development of skyscrapers early in the twentieth century because of the…

A) density and narrowness of Manhattan island.
B) the ethnic diversity created by the influx of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe.
C) nature of New York as a "shock city."
D) need to take the spotlight away from Chicago as the nation's leading city.