HIST 105 : Study Guide Ch. 13.doc
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Meeting the challenges of the new age, 1820s 1850s. The market revolution steadily and dramatically changed the urban landscape of the nineteenth century united. The expansion of industry and commerce attracted ever increasing numbers of people into the nation"s cities and many new cities sprung up out of seemingly nothing. Among this influx of people were substantial numbers of new immigrants whose cultures and habits were often frowned upon or deemed threatening. Cultural and ethnic tensions were further exacerbated by the daunting challenges that problems like crime, poor sanitation, overcrowding, and periodic recession could have on these growing population centers. Many urban residents, particularly the native-born and middle class, turned to reform movements in order to minimize the problems of urban life and improve the nation"s prospects for continued success. Out of these efforts new, enthusiastic and controversial movements like abolition and the call for women"s rights would be born.
