The Emergence of Ghettos Cities emerged during the Industrial Revolution period; this was a time where technology was advancing. Within the cities ghettos were born. A ghetto is section of a city where members of a minority group are segregated. Mainly lower class social economic status, and welfare receipts dwell in this area. More importantly, this is where blacks had to live. Businesses, urban problems and immigration are all related because they contributed to the development of ghettos. Businesses in the cities were mostly factories. The factories owners would bring the blacks up from the south by railroads