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Analyze the causes of urban growth in the late 1800s. Explain how technology improved city life.
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Content: Immigrants arrive by the millions. Inventions make farming more efficient and reduce need for farm workers. Rural people more to cities to find work. Cities provide jobs and cultural opportunities. Cause and Effect Urban Growth • Skyrocketing population creates problems in: • Housing  - Water and sanitation • Transportation  - safety • Social reformers establish programs to aid poor. • Political machines seize control of major cities. NOTES
In 1860, most Americans lived in rural areas, with only 16 percent living in towns or cities with a population of at least 8,000. By 1900, 32 percent – or 15 million Americans – lived in cities with populations of more than 50,000. This period was the beginning of an upsurge in American urbanization that brought changes to the country.