Pros and Cons of Industrialization and Urbanization
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Industrialization and Urbanization
Industrialization
Too many people coming
What lead to rapid industrialization in the U.S. were many factors but some were the fact that we were building things such as railroads, high immigration and it was a good economic time.
Since there were a huge population growth in the US
around this time, there were a bunch of slums being
formed. Due to the overcrowding there were waste
disposal problems that caused diseases like cholera, typhoid
and TB.
A lot of people were in poverty since they literally came with
no money or anything, just the clothes on their back.
Railroads
These were the nations first "big business" due to the fact that the natural resources had to be transported somehow. This lead to high development and big cities. To enhance westward expansion the federal government gave loans and free land to increase railroad traffic.
Skyscrapers
As more and more people crowded into the large cities, the value of urban land increased. The solution to rising costs of real estate and the need to maximize the use of available space was to build up. The availability of cheap cast iron and, later, structural steel, improved fireproofing, and the electric elevator allowed for the construction of taller and taller buildings. The first skyscraper was the ten-story Home Insurance Building in Chicago, completed in 1884.
Urbanization
The years of industrial expansion after the Civil War brought significant changes to American society. The country became increasingly urban, and cities grew not only in terms of population but also in size, with skyscrapers pushing cities upward and new transportation systems extending them outward.