Places and street names in NYC serve as social markers

Places and street names in NYC serve as cultural markers

Places and street names in NYC bear traces of the history of the country

Places and street names in NYC all date back to the Colonial Era

Elm Street is associated with mid-20th centurysuburban youth

Madison Avenue is associated with advertising

Main Street (not in NYC) is associated with conformism and the mainstream

Broadway is associated with theaters and shows

The Grid

The conurbation

The Sprawl

In the late 19th century

In the mid-20th century

In the early 20th century

In the early 19th century

1865

1959

1912

1965

About 320 million people

About 220 million people

About 420 million people

About 520 million people

a district of NYC

a borrough of NYC

a suburb of NYC

a precursor to NYC

The general who led the North during the US Civil War

The third president of the United States

The mayor of NYC

The owner of the New York Times

the American Industrial Expansion

the American Civil War

the American Secession War

the Constitutional Convention

About 40% of the state population

About 60% of the state population

About 80% of the state population

About 20% of the state population