WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Cities due to technological innovations in industry
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Cities due to increased immigration
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Rural areas due to corruption in government
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Rural areas due to the Dawes Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, urbanization has been an instrument of social, economic, and political progress, it has led to serious socioeconomic problems like poverty, unemployment, underemployment among the rural immigrants, thefts, dacoities, burglaries, beggary, and other social evils.
Detailed explanation-2: -The problems associated with urbanization are: High population density, inadequate infrastructure, lack of affordable housing, flooding, pollution, slum creation, crime, congestion and poverty.
Detailed explanation-3: -Employment opportunities, higher standard of living, better facilities and infrastructure force people to migrate from rural areas to urban areas. It can be caused by the operation of both push factors and pull factors.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the major health problems resulting from urbanization include poor nutrition, pollution-related health conditions and communicable diseases, poor sanitation and housing conditions, and related health conditions.