Urbanization and Demography in the late 19th century
How did changing demography shape our cities in the late 19th century?
Use evidence from the documents to make your case.
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Ian
said...
More immigrants came into the cities and most became the cheap, labor force used in mass production factories to make manufactured clothes, food, and just about any item. Divisions were created for the ethnic groups that came into the city. Irish in one section, Hispanics in another, etc, etc. Thus the suburbs and the neighborhoods that still exist ot this day.
I agree with Ian, more immigrants did come into cities. They worked for extremely cheap labors (which was good because they didn't need to be paid as much but was bad for the original Americans who's jobs were being lost and still are today.)
More people came in to less populated place to make it more urbanized. in 40 years the population went to 236 urban places in 1850 to 1348 urban places in 1890. Because there was more people moving in they the government had to make more room so they made rooming twice as small in the 1900s than in 1860 so that more people can rent apartments around New York. In the 1900s living rooms was bigger than bedrooms and kitchens was about the same length as bedrooms.
3 comments:
More immigrants came into the cities and most became the cheap, labor force used in mass production factories to make manufactured clothes, food, and just about any item. Divisions were created for the ethnic groups that came into the city. Irish in one section, Hispanics in another, etc, etc. Thus the suburbs and the neighborhoods that still exist ot this day.
I agree with Ian, more immigrants did come into cities. They worked for extremely cheap labors (which was good because they didn't need to be paid as much but was bad for the original Americans who's jobs were being lost and still are today.)
More people came in to less populated place to make it more urbanized. in 40 years the population went to 236 urban places in 1850 to 1348 urban places in 1890. Because there was more people moving in they the government had to make more room so they made rooming twice as small in the 1900s than in 1860 so that more people can rent apartments around New York. In the 1900s living rooms was bigger than bedrooms and kitchens was about the same length as bedrooms.
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