Posted by 0Lindsey on September 22, 2011 at 2:23pm
Today I worked on my powerpoint.Mr. Bruns reminded us to read the whole chapter not just our own section.Everyone is suppose to be done with their project.-4 sources, text book, wikipedia, and two others put in daily blog-go to history page and class summary for September 15 to see key topics and look at what is needed start with these topics the topics are right off of the tests-my group is me , melissa, colin, andrewCh. 7.21. Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?urbanization, cheapest, covenient places to live, jobs2. What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?house in city which is crouded or house have house on the edge of town and have transportation problems, old transportaion didnt' really get repaired just built new ones,supply of safe drinking water, providing hygenic living conditions, theives, too small of police forces, fires spreading not enough water3. What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?settlement houses, middle class college educated women provided educational, cutural, social services, english, health, painting, college extension courses, nurses,Outline Section 2 Chapter 7~The Challenges of UrbanizationAmerican StoryJacob Riisage 21police reporterjob took him to worst slums with overcrowded, airless, fithly tenementsurban population exploded from 10 million to 54 million between 1870 and 1920-Urban Opportunities19 century technological boom resulted with urbanization-Immigrants Settle in Citiesimmigrants became became city dwellerscities cheapest and convenient place to liveoffered unskilled laborers steady jobs1890 two times as many irish resident in NYC as in Dublin, Ireland1910 immigrant families more than half the total population of 18 major cities in Americaprograms provided for immigrants for skills of citizenship, such as English literacy and Ameircan history and government, fooking, social etiquetteimmigrants didn't want to abondend tradition- Migration From Country to Cityimprovements in farming technologymccormick reaper and steel plowfewer laborersfarms mergedrural people moved to cities to find work-Urban Problemspopulation skyrocketedgovernment had problems on how to provide needed services and safe living conditions-Housingtwo optionshouse on the outskirts of town and have problems with transportation or rent an apartment in central citytenments over croweded1879 law passed that set minimum standards for plumbing and ventilation in apartments-Transportationmass transitstreet cars introduced in 1873electric subways in 1897cities struggled to repair the old systemsbuilt new systems to meet demand-Water1860s had grosly inadequate piped water or no pipes at allin NY cities there was seldom indoor plumbingcollect water in pail from the street and would heat for bath waterdisease cholera and typhoidinfiltration started in 1870schlorination in 1908-Sanitationhorese manure on streetssewage flowed through open guttersfactories created smokepeople dumped their garbage on the streetsscavengers were hired to sweep streets, collect garbage, and clean outhouses1900's sewer lines were develped-Crimeas population increased crime in creased1844 the first full time salory police-Firelimited water supply for putting out fireswood housesused candles and kerosen lampsfires broke out form earthquakesvolunteer firefighters who weren't always available1st national fire department in 1853by 1900 most cities had full time professional fire departmentsfire sprinkler in 1874-Reformers Mobilizewelfare reformers targeted efforts on relieving urban poverty-The Settlement House MovementBold Wordsurbanization- growth of citiesAmericanization movement - designed to assimilate people of wide ranging cultures into the dominant cultureTenements- multifamily urban dwellingsmass transit - transportation systems designed to move large number of people along fixed routechlorination - method of purifying water by mixing it with the chemical chlorineSocial gospel movement -early reform programsettlement houses - community centers in slum neighborhoods that provided assistance to people in the area, especially immigrantsJane Adams
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