The information in the passage supports which one of the following points of view

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1. Soldiers returned home from war; boomed population, jobs, and production. More jobs in urban regions due to increased industry and factories. Many immigrants and freed blacks.
2. Cities did not have enough housing, inadequate water supplies, poor sanitation, poor transportation, increased chance of fire, increased crime. Settlement houses created places for poor people to live, get food, education, and medical assistance. Learn about basic math and history.

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Why did cities in the United States grow rapidly in the decades following the Civil War?

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Why did machine politics become common in big cities?

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