1. Urbanization
US History

2. Movin’ on Up
The boom in industrialization lead to a rise in population in cities
People move into cities
People move from the country into the cities
Many new immigrants chose to live in cities
Technology causes migration
The invention of the steel plow and the reaper makes farm work easier, thus needing fewer people
200,000 African Americans move from the south to the north
More jobs in manufacturing
Urbanization - The growth or increase in cities

3. Problems in Cities Housing
New city dwellers needed to live somewhere near their work
Many people lived in the city center
Housing is limited
Landlords wanted to increase the number of people they could fit into a smaller area
Rise of tenements
Cramped
Unsafe
1879 New York sets laws guaranteeing basic safety and sanitation

4. Other Problems Sanitation Crime Fire
Many cities did not have sewers or indoor plumbing
There was no organized garbage collection
Horses produced several pounds of manure
Crime
The increase in people lead to an increase in crime
We begin to see established police forces during this time
Fire
Benjamin Franklin organized the first fire fighting force in Philadelphia in 1736
Most were volunteers
The Great Chicago fire in 1871 burned for 24 hours destroying 17,500 buildings