Urbanization

1. What is Urbanization?
Urbanization is the growth of citites.
2. For what reasons did a number of Americans move from the country to the cities?
The invention of different farming tools helped many farmers to be more sufficent however it created less of a need for laborers and also the blacks having racial problems in the south found a bit more refuge in the cities.
3. What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced?
The housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced was that they could either buy a house in the outskirts of town and face the problem of transportation or they could buy a house in the city where they had crammed people in tenements.

Immigration

1. The causes of the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese to America in the late 19th and early 20th centeries was because they were escaping religious percecutions in Europe and others were leaving because there was a population rise in Europe. Some of the Chinese and Japanese came to America because they heard about the gold.

2. The journey some immigrants went through was very hard due to the fact that they had to ride on a steamship some for one week and others for about three weeks. Those were the lucky few when some had to ride across in steerage for weeks where they were crammed in and weren't allowed fresh air or excerise or to go on the top deck for the whole ride to America. Then once they were allowed into the states after being atmitted they then had to find a place to live, a job, and get along living in society trying to understand the language and culture.