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Step Four: Put It All Together

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CHAPTER 19 STUDY GUIDE

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.

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URBANIZATION What factors led immigrants to American cities in the late nineteenth century? How did their arrival change the cities in which they settled? How and why did the social geography of the American city change in the late nineteenth century?	INDUSTRY AND LABOR What new social divisions accompanied business expansion and industrialization? What kinds of organizations did workers form in the late nineteenth century, and why did they start them? How successful were they?
CITY LIFE How did urban industrialism transform home and family life? What led to the rise of the big-city boss? Whose interests did late-nineteenth-century city governments serve?	LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING AHEAD How did early-twentieth-century American cities differ from their early-nineteenth-century counterparts? How did the rise of urban industrialism change Americans’ sense of themselves as a people?