Hello, this is Megan Sylvester from Mr. Sal’s period six 20th century class. In class we are going over what went on during the Progressive Era. I have learned that during this era there were multiple problems that greatly affected the people in ways such as their health, income, living environment, and more. All having an effect from urban growth gone way too far.
Urban growth dealt with the rapid expansion of the United States. There were hundreds of people immigrated and people where moving into the cities all mostly for one thing, jobs. Everyone needed money and all the jobs where located in the big cities where there were big companies, factories, and anything else. This caused people to keep moving in and the cities to grow larger and larger. It got to the point where families of 8 had to live on one room apartments; apartments housed on average 1.9 people per room. Image sharing a room so small with your whole family; it’d be way too crowded for my liking. Also, the jobs that where normally open to the people who lived there where taken by the immigrants. So this left many poor with no job and no way of taking care of their families.
Though through all these problems it took many things to attempt to stop the urban growth. Many laws where made to help all the negative things happening from the urban growth: crime, death, disease, racism, and much more. Slowly the laws took part and helped to control the cities that over populated at too fast of a pace. In a way this helped, things settled down, but if you compare it to how today is there still is urban growth. Everyone is looking for ways to make money and sport there family; everyone wants to be at the top. Cities are where the jobs are, which is where the money is made. This causes more people living in the city, more pollution, and more expansions for more jobs. I believe there will always be urban growth. Money is always a problem in our country, and cities are the best place to find one. As long as people need jobs and money there will be urban growth in the cities.