🇺🇸ap us history review

Urban renewal

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Federal and local government programs that demolished older urban neighborhoods and displaced residents, often disproportionately affecting African American communities, ostensibly to modernize cities.

AP course connection

Topic 8.14: 8.14 Society in Transition

Unit 8