Urbanzation

1. What is Urbanization?

Urbanization is the growth of cities, in the early 1900's because many people move there at once

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

Many Americans moved from the country to the cities because the new farming technology prevented many of the smaller farms from competing with the large ones that had enough money to buy them. Also, farms needed less workers on them because of all the technology doing the work instead of people. Moreover, in the south, many cotton farmers could no longer support their farms without slaves. Finally, the freed slaves needed somewhere to go and the city was convenient.

3. What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced?

Many poor city dwellers had to live in a building with many other families in it, making it very cramped. They also had terrible conditions in the houses such as lack of plumbing and air ventilation. Laws were made to fix this, but because the garbage was picked up so infrequently, the people threw it in the air shaft, which was supposed to provide air for the apartment, and nailed it up.