AHON_ch18_S3 - Epiphany Catholic School
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Objectives • Explain why cities grew in the late 1800s. • Describe the problems city dwellers faced and the efforts to improve city life.
• Identify the attractions and leisure activities cities offered.
Cities Grow and Change
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Terms and People • urbanization – the rapid growth of city populations • tenement – building divided into many tiny apartments • Jane Addams – reformer who worked to help poor city dwellers • settlement house – center offering help to the urban poor
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What were the causes and effects of the rapid growth of cities?
During the late 1800s, cities were places of excitement, new ideas, and entertainment.
For the urban poor, however, they were also places of misery. Cities Grow and Change
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The new Industrial Revolution was a time of frenzied growth—for businesses, factories, and cities.
City populations soared as many people left farm life behind.
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Many fast-growing cities were located near waterways because they provided an easy way to transport goods. Cities Grow and Change
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New technology supported rapid urbanization. Changing technology led to dramatic improvements in public transportation. • Elevated trains Urban transportation
• Electric streetcars • Subways • Steel bridges
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Public transportation encouraged cities to expand outward and allowed people to commute from the suburbs.
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New technology, like elevators, helped cities expand upward, as well.
Skyscrapers soon towered over city skylines.
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Most of the people moving to cities were looking for jobs. All types of people, including farmers, immigrants, and African Americans from the South, came to work in the cities.
Farmers
Immigrants
City African Americans Cities Grow and Change
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Fast growth, however, created many problems. Life in city tenements was dismal. Often, people crowded together in a single room with no windows, heat, or plumbing.
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Life in some cities could be dangerous—even deadly. Overcrowding
Garbage Urban problems
Fire
Disease
A fire broke out in Chicago in 1871 and left 18,000 homeless.
Babies were especially at risk and often died before they reached their first birthday.
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In the 1880s, cities began to make changes to improve urban life.
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Religious leaders and reformers like Jane Addams also worked to help the urban poor.
Reformers Helped the homeless
Opened settlement houses
Worked to outlaw child labor
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Set up hospitals and clinics
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Despite their problems, cities offered many benefits.
One of the biggest attractions was shopping. Elegant new department stores offered many different goods under one roof. Cities Grow and Change
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Also, professional sports teams began to form in cities.
Basketball was invented in 1891 and it quickly became a popular winter sport.
Baseball was the most popular sport, with games attracting thousands of fans. Football was also popular, although it was very dangerous.
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As the division between work and play became stricter, cities began to provide a wide variety of entertainment and leisure activities.
Museums
Theaters Zoos
Orchestras Parks
These places of leisure allowed city dwellers to enjoy art, performances, green grass, and cleaner air. Cities Grow and Change
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