migration+amm

Migration was a big part of the expanding of America. After the Civil War the urban population of the U.S. grew from 10 million to around 30 million in thirty years. New York alone had over 800,000 people by 1860. Chicago went from 109,000 people to more than one million! Most of the people who migrated to the United Sates didn't have any money to buy farms or have a decent education to uphold better paying jobs. In growing cities, most people settled for long hours and little pay.