1. Cities in the United States expanded rapidly in the late 1800s.
Growth of Cities
Cities in the United States expanded rapidly in the late 1800s.

2. Rural to Urban
Farmers and African Americans move to the cities in search of work.
Immigrants flood into the cities in search of a better life

3. Railroads help cities grow!
Chicago and Kansas City : meatpacking centers
New York and San Francisco: major sea ports.
Pittsburgh became capital of the steel industry.
State Street, Chicago, Illinois,
early 1900s

4. Tenement living
Tenements are rundown apartment buildings in the slums.
Apartments were unsanitary, overcrowded dark rooms.
Several families in one
apartment
One bathroom shared by many

5. Tenement Living

6. The Gilded Age Wealth of few Poverty of many
This term was coined by Mark Twain and
Charles Warner in their book
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
The "Gilded Age" in American history during the Era from 1865 to 1901, which saw extreme economic, territorial, industrial, and population expansion. The second industrial revolution led, on the one hand, to the concentration of wealth and the rise of the “robber barons" and, on the other, to a growing labor union movement.

7. Health Crisis Because of the poor conditions disease spread easily
The need for public health centers increases

8. Crime in cities
Overcrowding and poverty lead to the formation of gangs.
Violence in the cities increases.