1. Urban Problems
Directions: After reading about the Urban Problems faced in American cities (p. 470), fill in the names of the specific
problems in the circles. On the line below the circle, write an example of each problem; write at least one solution that cities
used to solve that problem on the line below.
United States History Name______________________________________
2. Urban Problems
1. Housing 3. Water
5. Crime
4. Sanitation6. Fire
2. Transportation
Tenements were overcrowded and unsanitary
Law with standards for ventilation and plumbing
Street cars; electric subways
City populations were expanding
Filtration and chlorination
Water from the street often contained
disease; inadequate or no plumbing
Garbage and sewage in the streets;
air pollution
Sewer lines and sanitation departments createdCrime increased as population increased
City-organized/salaried police forces
Wooden buildings; kerosene heaters
Paid fire departments; building with
stone/brick; fire sprinklers
