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Section 3 Notetaking Study Guide

Questions to Think About As you read Section 3 in your textbook and take notes,
keep this section focus question in mind: What were the causes and effects of the rapid
growth of cities?

Use these charts to record key information from the section.

Growth of Cities
Urbanization

Expanding Cities

Living Patterns

Urbanization: the rapid

growth of
______________________
Why people were attracted
to cities:
______________________
______________________
To meet the needs of shoppers, merchants developed
______________________,
which _________________
______________________.
Kinds of leisure activities
cities offered:
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________

Public transportation:
subways , streetcars ,
elevated trains
Public transportation gave
rise to new living areas
called _________________.
_________________ helped
speed up growth of suburbs.
New types of buildings:
______________________
______________________

Lived in oldest sections at

cities centers:
______________________
Lived away from city centers
in row houses and apartments: middle class
Lived in fine homes on outskirts of cities:
______________________

Problems of Urban Life

Fires endangered ____________________

__________________________________.
Tenement life was __________________.
Slum streets were ______________ with
____________________________.
Disease was caused by
_____________________________.

Solutions to Problems

Provided by cities:

Provided by religious groups:

Provided by reformers:

Refer to this page to answer the Chapter 14 Focus Question on page 232.
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Urban Problems and Solutions