urbanization-the growth of cities mostly in the regions of northeast and midwest, most of the immigrants who came to the us in the late 1900s became dwellers cause cities were the cheapest and most convenient places to live, some places also offered unskilled labors stead jobs in mills and factories. by 1890 there were two times as many irish people in new york city as in dublin, ireland. by 1910 immigrant families made up more than half the total population of 18 major american cities. the americanization movement was designed to assimilate people of wide ranging cultures in the dominante culture. despite all efforts, many immigrants didnt wish to leave their traditions behind, ethnic communities provided cocial support of other immigrants from the same country. the neighborhoods became very overcrowded , a problem that intensified at the arrival of new transplants from americas rural areas, improvements in the farming community was good news. some inventions were mccormick reaper and steel plow. segregation and discrimination was reality in northern cities. job tension between blacks and whites caused racil tension.
i thought it was quite interesting how the north and widwest were the most populated during the 1900s, i could have figured that it was because it was cheap and convientent.
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