Life in the Big City

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Life in the Big City

• Industrialization, Urbanization, and Immigration

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Stats

• Life expectancy
• 1900
• 46.3 yrs for men
• 48.3 yrs for women
• Family size
• 5.7 kids for laborers
• 5.2 children for skilled workers
• Top 12 of nation controlled 86 of wealth in
  1900 lowest 44 controlled 1.5

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Urbanization

• Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis,
  Baltimore

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Immigration

• 1860-1890
• After 1890 New immigrants
• 1892
• http//www.ellisisland.org/
• 1910

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Immigration (cont.)
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Working class family life
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Urban Problem 1 Housing

• Shortage of quality, affordable housing
• http//www.tenement.org/

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Tenements
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Urban Problem 2 Water

• Skyrocketing population not enough clean
  drinking water

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Urban Problem 3 Sanitation
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Urban Problem 4 Political corruption

• Political machines
• Precinct captains
• Ward bosses
• City boss

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Urban Problem 5 Crime
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Urban Problem 6 Fire
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Final questions

• Whose responsibility is it to deal with these
  problems?
• How does reform and positive change happen in
  America?