单选题Questions 144-146 refer to the following
article. Throughout the 19th century and into the
20th, citizens of the United States maintained a bias against big cities. Most
lived on farms and in small towns and believed cities to be centers of{{U}}
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distrust was caused in part, by a nationai ideology that farming was the
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dwellers increased and cities became an essential feature of the national
landscape. Gradually, economic reality overcame ideology. Thousands{{U}}
{{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}the precarious life on the farm for more secure
and better paying jobs in the city. But when these people migrated from the
countryside, they carried their fears and suspicions with them.