Question

Between 1880 and 1900, cities in the United States grew at a dramatic rate. Owing

most of their population growth to the expansion of industry, U.S. cities grew by about
15 million people in the two decades before 1900. Many of those who helped account
for the population growth of cities were immigrants arriving from around the world. A
steady stream of people from rural America also migrated to the cities during this period.
Between 1880 and 1890, almost 40 percent of the townships in the United States lost
population because of migration.
Industrial expansion and population growth radically changed the face of the nation's
cities. Noise, traffic jams, slums, air pollution, and sanitation and health problems
became commonplace. Mass transit, in the form of trolleys, cable cars, and subways,
was built, and skyscrapers began to dominate city skylines. New communities, known
as suburbs, began to be built just beyond the city. Commuters, those who lived in the
suburbs and traveled in and out of the city for work, began to increase in number.
Many of those who resided in the city lived in rental apartments or tenement housing.
Neighborhoods, especially for immigrant populations, were often the center of
community life. In the enclave neighborhoods, many immigrant groups continued
the practice of precious customs and traditions. Even today, many neighborhoods or
sections of the great cities in the United States reflect this lively mix of ethnic heritages.
During the final years of the 1800s, industrial cities, with all the problems brought on
by rapid population growth and lack of infrastructure, occupied a special place in U.S.
history. For all the issues, and there were many, the cities promoted a special bond
between people and laid the foundation for the multiethnic, multicultural society that we
cherish today.
Guiding Questions:
. Why did cities emerge?
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Why do cities attract people?
. What factors affected the growth and distribution of the U.S. urban population?
. Why did suburbs develop?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Why did cities emerge?

Most american cities that emerged in the far west, such as calorado springs the former made by railway industrialist William Jackson Palmer
were on routes of major railways, such as the trans pacific railway line, which led to the formulation of towns situated on the route primarily along railway line stops, or on the route itself settlements formed. Americas formulation of cities was based ALONG the construction of railway lines, which is why you see a huge cluster of industrial cities and plants in the east compared to the west, where most railways are.

Why do cities attract people?

Factors: Railways, railways because they spurr travel, and thus movement to said cities on mass.

Cities attract people for work, similar to the serf emancipation during the great reforms of alexander the II, most serfs moved to the cities looking for work, and thus filled the cities up formulating slums similar to those in Saint Petersburg by the end of the 18th century. Alongside the mere fact that cities themselves, are centers of urban populace because THEY ARE safe, most cities have actual police precincts that patrol the city, proper running sewage and plumbing systems, and most importantly healthcare and the sort.

Surburbs develop because the city becomes too dense, and housing becomes more expensive compared to surburban ones.

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