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Rapid Urbanization

Rapid Urbanization. Betty B, Corey R, Noelle S, Max B. Urbanization Background. Rapid growth of cities and regions during the late 19 th century to early 20 th century Improvement in farming technology caused farmers to move to cities A n effect of rapid immigration

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Rapid Urbanization

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  1. Rapid Urbanization Betty B, Corey R, Noelle S, Max B

  2. Urbanization Background • Rapid growth of cities and regions during the late 19th century to early 20th century • Improvement in farming technology caused farmers to move to cities • An effect of rapid immigration • immigrants wanted to travel to the united states to escape poverty, starvation, religious persecution, and land shortages. • Cities were cheap and convenient to live in • “Americanization movement” was a social movement to help immigrants adapt to the American culture

  3. Challenges • Sanitation • no trash collection • Immigration restriction league • Only people from the “right” countries can come • Developed literacy test • Nativism • Native born Americans felt threatened by sudden stream of immigrants and became hostile • Racial tensions

  4. Benefits • Immigrants stream into the US and give the US more diversity • after the technological boom in the 19th century, transportation from place to place was more accesible • Benefit United States economy • Paid workers small wages, and generates more money long term for companies • Businesses boomed • Access to goods is more convenient

  5. Problems • Housing • 2-3 families would be packed into tenements • Transportation • Difficult to keep up with repairs • Water • Indoor plumbing was not available • quality of water was poor and caused diseases • Crime • Law enforcement was too small to control large population • Fire • Cities didn't have the water supply to fight fires • Buildings were extremely flammable • Firefighters were unpaid volunteers • Pollution • Result of inability of keeping cities clean • Political Machine • Offers services to voters in exchange for political support

  6. Essential Question • To what extent can rapid development of a country be controlled? • Rapid development of a country is controlled by population. Rapid growth of population can limitedly be controlled within its border. However a country can limit immigration to regulate population. Additionally, as technology and lifestyle are improving, adequate law enforcement and cleaning are needed to grow at the same pace.

  7. Quiz • Some of the new advances urbanization will lead to are: • a. Paid professional fire & police departments • b. Safer living conditions • c.Water filtration & indoor plumbing • d. All of the above 2) Which of the following region of the United States was most populated and why? • a. NYC; cheap and convenient • b. NJ; more residential • c. PA; more farming land • d. All of the above 3) What was a drawback to the housing situation in the city during urbanization? • a. Animals wanted to live with the humans • b. It was overcrowded, which led to unsanitary conditions • c. The wealthy families moved into the cities and stole all the factory jobs • d. Families avoided each other

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