1. U.S. History
  2. The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
    • Preface
    • The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492
    • Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
    • Creating New Social Orders: Colonial Societies, 1500–1700
    • Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
    • Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774
    • America's War for Independence, 1775-1783
    • Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
    • Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820
    • Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800–1850
    • Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
    • A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800–1860
    • Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860
    • Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
    • Troubled Times: the Tumultuous 1850s
    • The Civil War, 1860–1865
    • The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
    • Go West Young Man! Westward Expansion, 1840-1900
    • Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business, 1870-1900
    • The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
    • Politics in the Gilded Age, 1870-1900
    • Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920
    • Age of Empire: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1914
    • Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
    • The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
    • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932
    • Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
    • Fighting the Good Fight in World War II, 1941-1945
    • Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
    • Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s
    • Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
    • From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
    • The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
    • The Declaration of Independence
    • The Constitution of the United States
    • Presidents of the United States of America
    • U.S. Political Map
    • U.S. Topographical Map
    • United States Population Chart
    • Further Reading
Unit 20 The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900

Unit Description

  • Introduction

    Lesson 1

    Introduction`
  • Urbanization and Its Challenges

    Lesson 2

    Urbanization and Its Challenges`
  • The African American “Great Migration” and New European Immigration

    Lesson 3

    The African American “Great Migration” and New European Immigration`
  • Relief from the Chaos of Urban Life

    Lesson 4

    Relief from the Chaos of Urban Life`
  • Change Reflected in Thought and Writing

    Lesson 5

    Change Reflected in Thought and Writing`
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