Urbanzation

Fri., Oct. 2 Homework

Read Chapter 15-2 about Urbanization. Answer the following questions. Please post them to your blog by the beginning of class on Monday. Title: Urbanzation. Labels: Urbanization, cities, reform



1. What is Urbanization?

Urbanization is the growth of cities.

2. For what reasons did a number of Americans move from the country to the cities?

The industrial movement decreased the need for manual workers. The majority of people were Blacks trying to escape racial tension in the south only to find it still existed up north.


3. What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced?
The problems people faced were the unsanitary one room homes that were left by working class families. Immigrants would live in rooms with 2 or more families to aone room house. Also they had vermon problems because of the infrequently picked up trash.