Title: Urbanization in America for kids: Causes, Effects and Benefits ***
Headings: Urbanization in America
Urbanization in America
Content: 5,728 - 102,479 - 576,673
New York: 1,478,103 - 3,437,202 - 5,620,048
Philadelphia: 1,293,687 - 1,350,000 - 1,823,779
Pittsburgh: 86,075 - 321,616 - 588,343
San Francisco: 149,473 - 342,782 - 506,676
Seattle: 1,107 - 237,194 - 315,312
NAME OF CITY - POPULATION IN 1870 - POPULATION IN 1900 - POPULATION IN 1920


Urbanization in America for kids: Effects of Urbanization in America - The Tenement Buildings
The manufacturing centers of Business and industrialization were centered in the towns and cities where the factories and factory system attracted ever increasing numbers of both American and immigrant workers. The workers had to be housed and the price of real estate was becoming expensive. Existing buildings, that had once been single-family dwellings, were increasingly divided into cramped, multiple living housing to accommodate the growing population - the tenement building was created. Additional floors were added and the open areas, that once were the backyards, were also built on.