Posted by 5ashton :) on September 30, 2011 at 12:19pm
Ch. 7.2Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?people going to the country to the city, farmers moved to the cities because they lost their jobsWhat problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?housing- airshafts, garbage pickup and plumbingtransportation- street cars, electric subwayswater- filtration introduced in 1870 and chlorination in 1908sanitation- sewage, manure, smoke, garbagecrime- police force in 1844fire, no water, wood housing, candles proposed fireWhat did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?jane adams- she would join a settlement house because workers would know how to help the problems in the city. adams was a spokesperson for racial justice, and in 1931 when she was the co-winner of the nobel pease prize, the social gospel movement and organizaton that preached salvation to the people, this group tried to reach out to the people that were living in povertyCh. 7.3What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?-the political machine was an organized group that controlled the activities for a political party and also offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political or financial support-organized like a perimidTell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.-william m tweed or "boss tweed" became the head of tammy hall new yorkpowerful democratic political machine in 1868-around 1868 and 1871 boss tweed led a group know as the tweed ring-the tweed ring was a corrupt group of polotitions-was accused of 120 counts of fraud and extortionWhat caused all this corruption in government?What laws came about to reform government?authorized a bipartisan civil service commission to make appointments to federal jobs through a merit system based on canidates on and exacutionUlysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William Mckinley were all presidents during the late 1800's. Were they a reform president or a status quo president?
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