Stephanie Kachinski
Period 1 Mr. Sal
Urban Growth
Urban Growth

In the late 1800s the popualation was about 20% of people in the United States lived in towns or cities. The United States was growing at a rappid rate. In the late 1800s this was the first sign of urban growth. This new growth in cities began to bring a tole on the city. Conditions begin to become life threading in some areas. So much growth started to effect people being able to get jobs. Many immigrants and factory workers were forced to live in the cities, causing over-crowdedness as the population began to expand with the economy. Disease was spread because of the close-quarters that people lived in, and the conditions at which meat was manufactured made the possibility for disease all the more real.
Today we are practically immune the communities expanding at a rapid rate. The population has nearly doubled since the 1800s. The rate we are at today, America looks as if the popuation is not going to decrease.