Title: Industrialization, Urbanization, and Immigration - nashennSSpraxis 12
Headings: Industrialization, Urbanization, and Immigration
Industrialization, Urbanization, and Immigration
Content: By 1890, there were 58 cities that size with nearly 12 million people. Most were in the Northeast and near the Great Lakes. The vast majority of cities grew with only minimal, if any planning. Most choices about land use and construction were made by individual landowners, developers, and builders who wanted to make large profits. Thus, everyone buildt the most working and li\ving space for the least cost - leaving little room for pleasant or open space. Consequences of Rapid Urbanization
On the positive side, urbanization brought new jobs, new opportunities, new housing, and new transportation; but on the negative side, urbanization gave rise to widespread urban poverty, sub-standard housing, environmental degradation, increasing crime and violence, violent clashes between labor and management, and political corruption. Housing problems… Urbanization in the late 1800s was especially bad in New York City. Crime: crimes against persons, crimes against property, crimes agains societal morality
Environmental degradation
Political corruption, patronage, and the "well-greased" political machine
The Democratic Party bribed the state legislature to pass laws that increased the power of the city to tax, borrow, and spend.