Title: SOCIAL - U.S. Urbanization During the Gilded Age
Headings: 
“The old familiar relations between employers and employee
were passing. A few generations before the boss had known men by their first names, asked about the family and swapped jokes and stories with them. Today, you have the large factories, the personal touch is gone!”
-Theodore Roosevelt
Women's Roles Change Because of Urbanization
Family Life Dwindles in the City
Child Labor
Poor Living Conditions
American Literature
Farmers' Lives Change in the Gilded Age

Content: Dumbbell tenements had very poor ventilation and were the epitome of poor living conditions. The over-populated cities with poor sanitation were definitely a negative result of urbanization in the United States. In these slums, poor families, mostly immigrants lived. There was a large amount of disease, pollution and a very high rate of infant mortality. Wealthy people would move out of these areas and into nicer ones to avoid overcrowding. This led to electric streetcars, commuter trains, and trolleys being used in cities. American Literature
The changes caused by urbanization had an influence on American Literature during the Gilded Age. Three movements sparked as a result of urbanization: realism, naturalism and regionalism. Realism depicted how life really was during this time, instead of an image that was dreamed up in a writer's head.