Title: Urbanization in America for kids: Causes, Effects and Benefits ***
Headings: Urbanization in America
Urbanization in America
Content: The space in existing tenements eventually ran out. A new form of cheap tenement housing developed in which these new buildings grew upward, rather than outward. The typical tenement was usually built on a lot that was 25 feet wide and 100 feet long, with less than 1 foot between the tenements. The long, narrow tenement buildings were typically 4 - 6 stories high and divided into small apartments. It was not unusual to find a whole family living in one small room often accommodating more than ten people. They lived in unsanitary conditions, without fire escapes or access to light - health and safety hazards and at risk from lethal cholera epidemics. The rise of the tenements were one of the Effects of Urbanization in America. Urbanization in America for kids: Effects of Urbanization in America - The Neighborhoods
The cities evolved into areas that contained the poor, the middle class and the wealthy. Class separation evolved, based on the neighborhoods where people lived and the houses they lived in.