John D. Rockefeller: He started out very poor and he made his riches buy owning the Standard Oil Company.
Ch. 7.2
Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
- Because of the technological advances, many people came to the United states to work in cities and work in one of the hundreds of factories, Also the farming industry no longer needed that many workers due to the invention of the plow and the reaper. So many people who had previously worked on farms moved to the cities to find work.
What problems did cities face due to the rapid increase in population?
- There was not enough living space for people to live in, the solution to this problem was to make a new type of house called a row house that housed up to 4 families. These houses later became known a tenements. There were also huge issues with sanitation, and as a result of this diseases spread rapidly amongst families. Lots of trash strewn out in the streets.
What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?
- The Social Gospel Movement was a Christian movement to help aid the poor people by trying to fix some of the major problems in cities. Some groups of people built community centers or settlement houses.
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