Urbanization

1. What is Urbanization?
Urbanization is the growth of cities, for example the Northeast and Midwest regions had an increase in urbanization because of the U.S.'s growing industrial strength.

2. For what reasons did a number of Americans move from the country to the cities?
Americans moved from the country to the city in need of jobs because of all the inventions that made farming easier, and not in need of as many laborers. The laborers moved top the cities in seek of work. African Americans also moved to cities to escape racial violence, economic hardship and political oppression.


3. What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced?
Poor city dwellers lived in tenements that were over crowded and very unsanitary. The streets were also very unsanitary with manure, trash, sewage and dead animals cluttering the roads. Cities also had high crime rates, a small public water supply and since the tenements were made of would the cities were giant fire hazards.