Documentary Questions

"Driven to Decline" (link)

1. Name two "push" factors that drove people to leave the cities for the suburbs.

2. Name two "pull" factors that drew people to the suburbs from the cities.

3. How was suburbanization related to racial inequality in the USA?

4. How did suburbanization contribute to urban decay?

"Short North, Freeways, Suburbanization, and Urban Renewal" (link)

1. How were the freeway and suburbanization related to urban renewal?

2. Name one reason behind urban renewal in Short North:

3. Name two effects of urban renewal in Short North on the population of the neighborhood.

4. How did thecreated environment in Short North change after urban renewal?

5. What finally turned Columbus citizens against urban renewal? Why do you think that event was the turning point? Why do you think they cared about that, and not the people being driven from their homes?