Urbanization and City Life
Exploring the rapid growth of cities, their challenges, and the emergence of new social classes.
Key Questions
- Explain the challenges faced by rapidly growing industrial cities.
- Analyze how urbanization led to the development of new social classes.
- Compare the living conditions of the wealthy and the poor in 19th-century cities.
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