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Title: Becoming an Urban Nation


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Becoming an Urban Nation
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Urbanization
  • The Industrial Revolution pushed more and more
    people into cities to find jobs.
  • Cities offered
  • Good transportation
  • Plenty of workers
  • Urbanization The growth of cities that resulted
    from these changes.

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Urbanization
  • Advances
  • Skyscrapers
  • Buildings that looked tall enough to scrape the
    sky.
  • Elevator
  • Elisha Otis (Otis Elevator Company)
  • Installed the first electric elevator in 1889.
  • Buildings could now be built higher and hold more
    people.
  • Steel
  • Also aided in the construction skyscrapers
    because it could hold the weight of these large
    buildings.

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Urbanization
  • Advancements
  • Electric streetcars
  • First was installed in Richmond, Virginia (1888)
  • Some cities, like Chicago, elevated these cars
  • Els
  • Some cities, like New York, placed these cars in
    underground tunnels.
  • Subways
  • People could now live further from cities which
    lead to the development of suburbs.
  • Many of these suburban cities were annexed by
    larger cities which expanded their border

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Urbanization
  • Disasters
  • People were so crammed together in cities that
    disasters were common.
  • Examples
  • Fires
  • Disease
  • Living Conditions
  • Tenements
  • An apartment house that is usually run-down and
    overcrowded.

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Urbanization
  • Living Conditions
  • Slums
  • Overcrowded neighborhoods with dangerous housing.

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Urbanization
  • Reforms
  • Settlement Houses
  • Helped immigrants improve their lives.
  • Daycare, education, and health services.
  • Hull House Chicago 1889
  • Jane Addams
  • Became the model for other settlement houses.

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Immigration
  • Until the 1890s most immigrants were northern
    and western European.
  • New Immigrants
  • The southern and eastern Europeans who immigrated
    to the U.S. after 1900.

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Immigration
  • Ellis Island New York City
  • Processed immigrants to the East.
  • Physical Exam
  • Seriously ill were sent home.
  • Asked a series of questions
  • Name?
  • Occupation?
  • How much money do you have?

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Immigration
  • Angel Island San Francisco
  • Processed immigrants to the West
  • Mostly Asian
  • Buildings were filthy and many immigrants were
    held for weeks.

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Immigrants
  • Becoming American
  • Melting Pot
  • A place where cultures blend
  • Assimilation
  • The process of blending into society.
  • Study English
  • Took Citizenship classes
  • Some of the foreign cultures blended into
    American culture.

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Immigrants
  • Prejudice
  • Protestants feared Catholics and Jews
  • Many feared immigrants would not fit in
  • Many people pushed for restrictions on
    immigration.

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Changes in Culture
  • Education
  • Schools grew in number as a result of immigration
  • Laws were passed making school required.
  • Increased literacy rates in America

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Changes in Culture
  • Literature
  • An increase in literacy lead to an increase in
    reading.
  • Newspapers became more popular.
  • Joseph Pulitzer New York World
  • William Randolph Hearst New York Morning
    Journal
  • Created comic and sports pages.

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Changes in Culture
  • Entertainment
  • Leisure Free Time
  • New Parks were created
  • Central Park New York
  • First Amusement Parks were built
  • Coney Island New York
  • Worlds Fairs 1876-1916
  • Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis
  • Show off American technology
  • Millions attended

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Changes in Culture
  • Sports
  • Spectator sports became popular
  • Baseball. Football, and Boxing
  • Baseball was the most popular
  • By 1890, had an organized league.

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Changes in Culture
  • Music and Art
  • Vaudeville
  • Variety shows
  • Combination of song, dance, and comedy.
  • Ragtime
  • Blend of African American and European musical
    forms.
  • Scott Joplin
  • Movies
  • Silent
  • After 1905 movie theaters became popular.
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