7-2 The Challenges of Urbanization

Urban Opportunities Why did many immigrants settle in the nation’s cities? What was the goal of the Americanization movement? For what reasons did a number of Americans move from the country to the cities?

Urban Problems What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced? What other difficulties did immigrants and poor residents encounter?

Mobilize What was the Social Gospel Movement? What was the purpose of settlement houses? Who was Jane Addams?

Terms and Names Urbanization Tenement Mass transit