Question at position 2 According to the chronicles of the Iwakura Mission, what was the most striking thing about Pittsburgh when they visited in 1872?The smoke rising from the cityThe coal mines surrounding the cityThe tramways carrying passengers throughout the cityThe brick houses lining the streets of the cityThe sight of metal being burned in a steel furnace

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Question at position 2 According to the chronicles of the Iwakura Mission, what was the most striking thing about Pittsburgh when they visited in 1872?The smoke rising from the cityThe coal mines surrounding the cityThe tramways carrying passengers throughout the cityThe brick houses lining the streets of the cityThe sight of metal being burned in a steel furnace

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When assessing the question, we focus on what the Iwakura Mission highlighted as most striking during their 1872 visit to Pittsburgh. 
Option 1: The smoke rising from the city. This aligns with the period’s transformative industrial landscape; visible smoke from furnaces and factories would have stood out to visitors unfamiliar with such heavy urban-industrial scenes, signaling rapid modernization. 
Option 2: The coal mines surrounding the city. While Pittsburgh is associated with coal and steel, the question emphasizes what impressed the visitors at that moment, and the iconic visual of city-wide smokestacks would have been more immediately striking than a geographic feature like surrounding mines. 
Option 3: The tramways carrying passengers throughout the city. If Pittsburgh had streetcars, this could be notable, but the most striking image historically noted by observers of rapid industrialization tends to be the pervasive smoke rather than a transportation system. 
Option 4: The brick houses lining the streets of the city. Brick houses describe a built environment, but they do not capture the dramatic, attention-grabbing aspect of an industrial-urban experience that includes airborne pollutants and factory activity. 
Option 5: The sight of metal being burned in a steel furnace. While related to Pittsburgh’s steel heritage, the general impression of a cityscape with smoke is a broader, more immediate impression that visitors often remark upon before focusing on specific metallurgical processes. 
In summary, the most salient and memorable feature of Pittsburgh for visitors during that era would typically be the widespread smoke from industrial activity, making Option 1 the most consistent choice with the described experience.

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