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Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information. A. Understanding the growth of cities in nineteenth-century America requires recognizing how the City Beautiful Movement of the 1890s changed "urban planning." B. For the most part, there was no "urban planning," as that term is understood today, before the beginning of the City Beautiful Movement in the 1890s. C. Concerns for spatial and service organization had little impact on the growth of cities before the 1890s when the City Beautiful Movement began. D. The growth of cities in nineteenth-century America resulted in the creation of the City Beautiful Movement in the 1890s and the rise of the term "urban planning."