Question

What were the positive aspects of industrialization in the Gilded Age?

Answer 1

Transportation Improvements: • New York Central Rails –Connects NYC, Boston, Chicago • Subway (IRT: Interborough Rapid Transit) –Connects outer boroughs to Manhattan  Growth of Bronx & Queens – Safer than street cars; gets people off crowded streets (underground and/or elevated)

• Brooklyn Bridge –Connects Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn –Completed in 1883 –Built for trade purposes •Goods could be transported even when East River was frozen.
Increase in number of jobs available.

Answer 2

He process of urbanization that occurred in the US during the late 19th and early 20th centuries was over all positive for America, but there were some negative consequences. Urbanization was the result of population increase, technological and economic  changes which  offered opportunities in urban industries and reduced the demand for labor on farms. The negative effects of urbanization were bad public health, population growth, and pollution.