12. In what ways did cities attempt to solve the problems of crime and fire?
Cities outlawed gas lighting and required workers to travel to work during daytime hours.
Cities organized neighborhood gangs to support uniformed city employees.
O Cities developed professional firefighting and police forces.
O Cities allowed immigrants to sleep in police and fire station houses.

The city dwellers lived in bad conditions during the late 1800's. The streets were not paved, there were feces in the streets from the horses, gangs had started and riots were commonplace. The crime and fires started by arsonists were getting worse each day, because more people were living in the city.

To stop the crimes and fires, the city developed new ways to improve the life of the city-dwellers. The started their first police force and also a firefighter force. They also paved the streets, and put in sewers throughout the city. During this time they also made the suburbs and started regulating the housing in the city.

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