CHST 118: THE CITY IN HISTORY
FINAL EXAM
Exam Release Date: Monday, June 14 @ 9am, on D2L
Exam Due Date: Friday, June 18 @11:59pm, on D2L
Format: Online (must be typed and submitted in Word format through D2L)
Mark: 25% of your final grade
Instructions: Choose 1 question from each section to answer. Remember that an essay question calls for an
essay answer — with a clear thesis, backed by concrete examples from ALL relevant lectures, course readings and
audiovisual material. Show the breadth of your knowledge and engagement with the themes and issues we’ve
discussed in class, and make sure that your answers do not overlap. Each essay should not exceed 1,000 words
and should include citations, either in Chicago Style (footnotes or endnotes) or in brackets within your paper. You
cannot receive an A if you do not incorporate course readings.
A Reminder: This is an open book exam, and you are encouraged to use lecture slides, course readings, and your
notes. However, your work must be original! You may not solicit or obtain assistance from, or provide assistance
to your classmates for any content on the exam, discuss it with other students (whether or not they are in CHST
118), cite myself or any authors verbatim, utilize outside sources, and/or ask for help on online forums. All exams
will be checked for originality and copied content (Turnitin). Any evidence of collaboration and/or plagiarism will
result in a grade of zero.
PART 1
Essay Question – 50 marks
1. Between 1892 and 1924, 12 million Europeans immigrated to America, and many moved to the city.
Similarly, between 1910 and 1940, 1.5 million African Americans migrated to the urban North. What attracted
them to the city and in what ways did they begin to shape its economic, social and cultural landscape?
2. In the postwar era, North America became overwhelmingly suburban. Account for and explain the
phenomenal rise of the postwar suburbs in light of the fact that urban centers had been growing in popularity
for decades prior. To what extent did the suburbs change physical landscapes and impact urban centers, as
well as the people within them, moving into the future?
PART 2
Essay Question – 50 marks
1. Urban history has inextricably been linked with the history of the “ordinary people.” Consider the rise of the
rights-based revolutions in the 1960s that we discussed in class. How did the city give rise to these
movements and to what extent did they impact American politics, society and culture? Could these
movements have taken place without the existence of the city?
2. In 1790, only 5% of the American population lived in urban centers. Today, that percentage is more than
80%, marking one of the most remarkable transformation in its history. Considering political, economic and
technological changes discussing in this class and in American history, examine how and why America went
from being a predominantly rural nation to a predominately urban one.
Total = 100 marks (converted to a percentage out of 25%)
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