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Guided Reading Questions for Chapter 19:  The Growing Pains of Urbanization

Guided Reading Questions

As you read through Chapter 19, use the following questions to guide your studies and prepare you for the Discussions and Quiz.

1. Describe how changes in transportation and communication affected urban growth.
2. How did progressive reformers respond to the challenges of urbanization?
3. How and why did immigration to the U.S. change after 1880?  What changes and problems emerged as a result of this immigration?
4. Describe developments in the era’s urban popular culture.
5. How did members of the upper class distinguish themselves from the growing middle class?
6. How did roles of middle-class women change in this period?
7. Describe the changes in American intellectual life around the turn of the twentieth century.

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Describe how changes in transportation and communication affected urban growth.

Introduction

The Industrial Revolution brought about a dramatic increase in productivity and economic growth. Improved transport facilities improved the movement and flow of goods. Improved methods of communication allowed faster and more efficient communication between people, businesses, and governments. These changes made cities more productive and efficient

The Industrial Revolution brought about a dramatic increase in productivity and economic growth.

The Industrial Revolution was a period of major economic change. It saw rapid technological change, dramatic economic growth and social change.

The industrial revolution began in Britain around 1750, when factories were built to produce textiles and other goods for export. The first steam engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712; by 1804 it had been used on ships at sea for more than 100 years. There were also many inventions that made life easier such as the sewing machine (1790), typewriter (1829) and television set (1909).

Improved transport facilities improved the movement and flow of goods.

The improvement in transport facilities allowed for the movement of goods, people and information.

For example, before the industrial revolution there were no railways or cars. However, with the invention of steam engines and trains it became possible to send large amounts of cargo quickly over long distances. This enabled factories to be built in cities rather than on farms where they could not be reached by horse-drawn carts, which were slow and unreliable (they often broke down). This led directly to urbanisation because these towns could provide employment for workers who had previously lived on farms but now needed more money than they could earn at home so they moved into cities looking for work as factory hands/workers in order to make ends meet while supporting themselves through farming activities like growing crops or raising livestock

Improved methods of communication allowed faster and more efficient communication between people, businesses, and governments.

The first three of these improvements were made possible by the development of new technologies. The telegraph, telephone and radio all allowed for faster communication between people and businesses. As technology advanced, so did our ability to send messages over great distances across oceans or other barriers. Today we have email addresses instead of postcards!

The fourth improvement is perhaps more obvious: the wide availability of telecommunications has transformed our lives in many ways since its invention during the early 20th century. We can now communicate with anyone in any part of the world at any time without having to wait hours or days for a reply – just like having access to instant messaging or video calls today!

Finally there’s another major technological development that happened around this time period: computers were developed which revolutionized business (notably IBM’s first commercial computer was released in 1951). This made it possible for businesses around the world–even if located far away from each other–to share information quickly via computer networks rather than relying on letters sent through postal services which took weeks before reaching their destination.”

These changes made cities more productive and efficient.

The Industrial Revolution made cities more productive and efficient. In the early 1800s, there were no automobiles or trains, but workers could walk to work. As factories started to produce goods for export, they needed transportation that could carry their goods quickly and efficiently from one point to another. This led to the invention of railroad systems in Europe in the 1820s and 1830s, which enabled merchants to move their wares faster than ever before.

The same thing happened with communication: Before these new technologies came along, it took months (or years) for letters sent between two cities; now they could be delivered within days via post riders on horseback or carriage horses pulling coaches filled with mailbags full of letters!

Conclusion

We have seen how these changes in transportation and communication influenced urban growth. In conclusion, the Industrial Revolution brought about a dramatic increase in productivity and economic growth for cities around the world. Improved transport facilities improved the movement and flow of goods between countries, while improved methods of communication allowed faster and more efficient communication between people, businesses, or governments. This led to an increase in productivity across all industries including agriculture but also manufacturing which led to greater prosperity in wealthy nations like America where larger cities were built based on this new technology.