WONDER #1929: Does Your Home Have a Basement?

Question 1 of 3

Basements began to gain popularity in the United States in which decade?

  1. 1840s
  2. 1890s
  3. 1910s
  4. 1950s

Question 2 of 3

Root cellars, a precursor of modern basements, were often built to store what?

  1. food
  2. pictures
  3. weapons
  4. old clothes

Question 3 of 3

Basements are more common in the northern U.S. because what is so much deeper there?

  1. lakes
  2. frost line
  3. rivers
  4. ravines

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