Industrialization Pros And Cons

“When the US constitution was ratified in 1789, the cities of the new nation were perched on edge of a ragged coastline of a vast, mostly unexplored continent. Only five of these cities- Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Charleston had reached a population of 10,000 people. In the decades to follow, the social and economic development of the nation depended heavily upon the growth of its cities.” (Swanstrom and Judd, 14).
Many cities foresaw this dependency on population in order to grow economically and as a whole. Later, they began to work hard on attracting immigrants to their cities, but would never expect the shocking results that they would receive from industrialization a century later. The industrial age cities grew at a pace that had no historical precedent that

Over a short amount of time, it becomes a challenge and a question arises. What is the capacity of the government to govern? How could the government keep up with everyone’s needs and wants? This became a problem and that is why congress passed a bill in 1821 and 1824, to curve this immigration surge and made it more difficult to enter the United States. Local government began to spend more money than the federal government on employing government positions like police; fire fighters etc… many residences of the cities would question local government. Municipal services lagged behind and only responded to crisis. There was tax increases and people began to complain more so this became a question of difficulty to maintain order. Riots began to arise due to tax increase for pipe support for expansion and chaos broke out. People began to demand better sewer system and water