• Immigrants moved to industrialized areas (cities) to get jobs in the factories
Technology• Mechanization (the reaper) had
reduced farm labor needs and increased farm production
• Improved city transportation:
– Streetcars, cable cars, trolleys and elevated trains were built
– Streets were paved
– Steel and elevators allowed for building of skyscrapers
Migration• Movement of people from one place to
another within a nation
• Industrialization increased need for workers in cities
• People moved from the farms to the cities to work
The Great Migration African-Americans were moving
from the south to the cities for work in the factories
Rapid Industrialization and Urbanization led to :
• Pollution• Overcrowded immigrant
neighborhoods and tenements• Which in turn led to disease and
health problems• Increased crime• Labor issues including child labor
Settlement Houses
• Hull House in Chicago• Founded by Jane Addams• Provided medical care• Classes in various subjects• Child care• Social Life• A community center atmosphere
• What would you do to help solve the problems of the growing industrial cities of the late 1800s early 1900s? Write a paragraph in your Interactive notebook explaining your ideas.