Title: Urbanization - GIlded age
Headings: what is urbanization?
what is urbanization?
Cons of urbanization
PROS of urbanization
RESULTS
OVERALL

Content: Cities during the Industrial Revolution led to wealth for our nation. The big businesses were formed during this time which helped our nation and society tremendously. RESULTS
The graph to the right shows the percentage of total population of people in rural areas and urban areas during the time of 1850 to the 1900s. The graph compares the difference between the rural and urban areas and how rural population decreased as time went on while urban living increased as time went on. Although rural living was always more than urban, urban population went from 15 percent in 1850 to 40 percent in 1900. The rise of urbanization led to a lot of congestion in the city but as a whole was important because it led to the rise of many big businesses and changed the work system. OVERALL
Based on this information, urbanization had a positive impact on the country because although there were some cons to it, the pros outdid the cons and had a larger impact on our world today. The problems with urbanization in the 1850's were things that were only a matter of conditions that could over time be solved. On the other hand, the pros of urbanization were things that had a major impact on our society and world today. Skyscrapers, elevators, and our work system today are because of urbanization in the 1850's.