Urbanization and Its Impacts

The video discusses urbanization in America, highlighting its causes, such as industrialization and migration, and its effects, including housing shortages and crime. It explores the concept of Americanization and the formation of ethnic neighborhoods. The video also covers internal migration, particularly the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the North. Finally, it presents solutions to urbanization problems, like the social gospel movement and settlement houses.

What is urbanization primarily associated with?

• The decline of rural areas

• The growth of cities

• The development of agriculture

• The expansion of highways

Which group was NOT mentioned as settling in American cities during urbanization?

• Native Americans

• African Americans

• Farmers

• Immigrants

What does Americanization refer to in the context of immigrants?

• Immigrants adopting American customs and language

• Immigrants forming isolated communities

• Immigrants returning to their home countries

• Immigrants maintaining their cultural heritage

What is an ethnic neighborhood?

• A neighborhood where a specific cultural group resides

• A neighborhood with only American-born citizens

• A neighborhood with diverse cultures

• A neighborhood with no cultural identity

What was the Great Migration?

• Movement of Americans to Europe

• Movement of people from rural to urban areas

• Movement of Europeans to America

• Movement of African Americans from the South to the North

How does migration differ from immigration?

• Migration is temporary, immigration is permanent

• Migration involves cultural change, immigration does not

• Migration is within the same country, immigration is from another country

• Migration is international, immigration is domestic

What was a major housing issue during urbanization?

• Overcrowded tenement housing

• Shortage of suburban homes

• Excess of luxury apartments

• Lack of rural homes

Which of the following was NOT a problem associated with urbanization?

• Crime

• Sanitation

• Transportation

• Agricultural decline

What was the Social Gospel Movement?

• A movement to promote urbanization

• A movement to apply Christian principles to social problems

• A movement to encourage migration

• A movement to build more tenements

What was the purpose of settlement houses?

• To provide luxury housing for the wealthy

• To serve as community centers in poor neighborhoods

• To promote industrialization

• To segregate different ethnic groups