Growth+of+Cities+&+Urban+ProblemsMI09

Growth of Cities
 * Industrial Revolution led to many new jobs in U.S.
 * The revolution had influenced many immigrants and migration
 * The U.S. cities grew rapidly in mid-1800s
 * Northeast and Middle Atlantic cities hold ¼ of the country’s manufacturing jobs.
 * African-Americans had trouble getting jobs because of all the hatred that was happening during that time.
 * The city became packed with people.
 * Between 1880 and 1900, cities in the United States grew at a dramatic rate.
 * U.S. cities grew by about 15 million people in the two decades before 1900.
 * Noise, traffic jams, slums, air pollution, and sanitation and health problems were issues that were followed by the growth of cities.
 * Neighborhoods, especially for immigrant populations, were often the center of community life.
 * The cities promoted a special bond between people and laid the foundation for the multiethnic, multicultural society that we cherish today.
 * In the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant.
 * It produced a new class of wealthy industrialists and a prosperous middle class.
 * The industrial evolution truly was a huge step for America.