WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Mass transit was unclean and caused air pollution.
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There was not enough electricity to safely preserve food.
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City officials used funds meant for clean-up to bribe supporters.
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Crowded tenements put more people in contact with each other.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Immigrant workers in the nineteenth century often lived in cramped tenement housing that regularly lacked basic amenities such as running water, ventilation, and toilets. These conditions were ideal for the spread of bacteria and infectious diseases.
Detailed explanation-2: -Industrial expansion and population growth radically changed the face of the nation’s cities. Noise, traffic jams, slums, air pollution, and sanitation and health problems became commonplace.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Cities grew because industrial factories required large workforces and workers and their families needed places to live near their jobs. Factories and cities attracted millions of immigrants looking for work and a better life in the United States.”
Detailed explanation-4: -Overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions in boarding houses and tenement buildings of the Lower East Side contributed to the spread of disease. Residents had little access to clean running water and an inadequate sanitation department allowed cholera to takes its toll.
Detailed explanation-5: -The living conditions in the cities and towns were miserable and characterized by: overcrowding, poor sanitation, spread of diseases, and pollution. As well, workers were paid low wages that barely allowed them to afford the cost of living associated with their rent and food.