Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the new urban culture of large U.S. cities such as New York during the early 1800s?

• Thousands of young men and women who migrated from urban areas created the new urban culture.
• Sex and dress were marginal to the new urban culture.
• Young men and women easily found high-paying jobs in cities.
• Popular entertainment, in particularly minstrelsy, was an important aspect of new urban culture.

ANSWER: Popular entertainment, in particularly minstrelsy, was an important aspect of new urban culture.