New York became the most populous urbanized area in the world in the early 1920s, overtaking London. The metropolitan area surpassed the 10 million mark in the early 1930s, becoming the first megacity in human history. The difficult years of the Great Depression saw the election of reformer Fiorello La Guardia as mayor and the fall of Tammany Hall after eighty years of political dominance.
In the 1930s, New York City had more than 10 million people becoming the first what in history?
megacity
The metropolitan area surpassed the 10 million mark in the early 1930s, becoming the first megacity in human history.
The metropolitan area surpassed the ten million mark in the early nineteen thirtys, becoming the first megacity in human history.
In the nineteen thirtys, New York City had more than ten million people becoming the first what in history?