Urbanization (jan 1, 1862 – jan 1, 1898)

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CAUSES
- economic opportunities in industrial jobs
CHANGING ROLES FOR WOMEN

CHALLENGES
- growth of urban poverty and wealth gap
- lack of clean water (laissez faire)
- limited sanitation/trash disposal (laissez faire)
- tenements/slums (laissez faire)
- neighborhoods separated by race/ethnicity

ATTEMPTS TO FIX ISSUES
- Social Gospel Movement
- Christians had a responsibility to help
- Salvation Army
- YMCA and YWCA
- Settlement House Movement
- social services

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