Urbanzation

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1. What is Urbanization?

Urbanization is the growth of cities, but mostly in the regions of the Northeast and Midwest.

2. For what reasons did a number of Americans move from the country to the cities?

They were the most cheapest and convenient places to live. Cities offered unskilled laborers steady jobs in mills and factories. People moved to cities to find whatever jobs they could.

3. What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced?
Rooms were cramped and overcrowded, unsanitary, and if people bought a house on the outskirts of town then transportation was a problem as well.