Urbanization In The Late 1800s Research Paper

Factors that led to urbanization in the late 1800s were the attractions of of city (attracted industry) and industry was what people were looking for industry, they were attracted to industry. Most from the south migrated to cities, looking for jobs and excitement. New technology also led to urbanization. On page 621, the first paragraph states, “New technology helped cities grow. Elevated trains carried passengers over crowded streets… Public transportation gave rise to suburbs, living areas on the outskirts of a city.” The Living conditions in the new urban areas had problems. Tightly packed neighborhoods had fires constantly. One major fire caused by urbanization was The Chicago Fire. The Chicago fire killed 300 people and took 18,000

Immigrants were coming to the United States because their native lands’ farmland was shrinking. Farmhands were replaced by Machines, moving people away from their land. On page 625 it states, “In European nations such as Italy, the amount of farmland was shrinking as populations swelled. Machines were replacing farmhands, forcing more people from the land.” Another reason why immigrants were coming to the United States was because Political unrest was driving immigrants from their native lands. They also got pulled to the United States because they needed jobs/needed better jobs. On the bottom of page 625 it says, “Steamship companies and railroads, which profited from immigration, sent agents to Asia and Europe to advertise cheap land and plentiful jobs.” People from lands without traditions of democracy and liberty also went to the United States because of the promise of

The new writing styles and types of authors that emerged in the late 1800s was starting to boom because of the fact that people were learning to read in school. Most books told thrilling tales about the “Wild West.” Some popular writers from the late 1800s were Horatio Alger, Stephen Crane, Kate Chopin, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Mark Twain. Mark Twain was a realist. Realists are writers who try to show life as it is in their writing. Mark Twain was actually the pen name of Samuel Clemens. The texts describes Twain’s writing on page 634 as, “...realistic by capturing the speech patterns of southerners who lived and worked along in the Mississippi River. People kept seeking for more information and by doing so they bought newspapers. So many newspapers were sold that half of the newspapers of the world were sold in the United States by 1900! People were also buying so many newspapers because people in cities needed newspaper to be informed about news because there is so much going on in the city. World War I was also news people were wanting to be informed so people bought newspapers. An immigrant named Joseph Pulitzer was the one who created the very first modern, mass-circulation newspaper. On page 635 it says, “In 1883, Pulitzer bought the New York World. He immediately cut the price so that more people could afford it. He also made changes to the newspaper and made the New York World become known for sensational headlines that screamed of crime and