Title: Urbanization in America for kids: Causes, Effects and Benefits ***
Headings: Urbanization in America
Urbanization in America
Content: The small percentage of wealthy people occupied the prime locations in the center of the cities, near their businesses and banks. The wealthy lived in massive, opulent houses, with stunning architecture, designed to look like a chateau, villa or manor house. The wages of the middle class were more than double those of the poor and lived in comfortable 6-8 roomed houses. The poor lived in crowded tenements in deplorable living conditions densely populated and highly congested neighborhoods. Poor immigrants formed ethnic enclaves in America's cities where members of minority groups lived - referred to as ghettos. Separation by class and stark contrasts between the resulting neighborhoods fostered resentment and discontent and was one of the