What were some problems that followed American Urbanization in the 1800s?

Answer 1

Just off the top of my head....

Sanitation problems. They didn't have sewers like we do today, and flush toilets were not widely used (depending on when in the 1800s you are talking about). Imagine the stink! Diseases like cholera were prevalent.

No cars -- only horses and horse carraiges. Horse maure in the streets became a big problem as more and more people (and horses) moved to the city. They didn't have traffic lights either (no electricity 'till the end of the 1800s) -- imagine the horse-buggy traffic jams!.

They didn't have the materials to build skyscrapers -- the tallest buildings were about 20 stories high, so where do people live? They have to scruch together. That's overcrowding. Contagious diseases like tuberculosis spread real easy in overcrowded conditions.

Those are just a few things I can think of, right now.

Answer 2

All the problems that reformers like Jane Addams, Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Nast, John Muir and other muckrakers tried to remedy.

Tenements, governmental corruption, education, child labor, sanitation, conservation, transportation, industrial regulation, labor unrest...