US History › Section J · Cities and Gilded Age politics › Topic J.1
Urbanization and its challenges
Between 1870 and 1900, American cities grew faster than anyone could plan for them. New machines made the growth possible, and overcrowding, disease and fire showed its price.
In this topic
- A nation of cities
- Why people came
- Light and the telephone
- Moving around the city
- Building upward
- Crowding, disease and fire
- Worked example: reading Jacob Riis
- Churches and the social gospel
- Settlement houses
- Worked example: the streetcar and the city
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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