Today we finished 7-2 and did 7-3Ch. 7.2Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?immigrants cat to that city because it was cheaper, and they had steel plows and reaper which meant less farmers.What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?Transportation:Mass Transit, StreetCars, and Electric SubwaysCrime: increased with the population, Police startedSanitation: manure in the streets, sewage was in the gutter so they built sewage systemsWater: didn't have safe drinking water, built public water ways, and ClorinationFire: houses caught fire, sprinklers and then FirefightersHousing: boarding house or buy a house, Multipamily urban dwelling.What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?Sociall Gospel Movement- good people beleive in this it was where rich people help the poor.Settlement housesCh. 7.3What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?group of politians- offered services to voters and businesses, gained control of government, made parks, sewer, waterworks, schools, hospitals, and orphanages. They took tax payers money and taxes were too high and then they pocketedTell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.William M Tweed, Tammy Hall, NYC's powerful democratic P.M.they pocketed all the moneyPolitical cartoonsBoss Tweed got 120 counts of fraud and 12 years in jail= 1 year when he got out then he was arrested again and escaped to Spain but was caught there too.What caused all this corruption in government?Patronage or spoil system meant giving government jobs to citisens that helped candidates get into office.weren't qualified for the jobsDishonest individualsWhat laws came about to reform government?Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883 was a bipartisan civil service commissionUlysses 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?Ulysses S. Grant:Rutherford B. Hayes:James Garfield: ReformerChester Arthur: SalwartGrover Cleveland:Benjamin Harrison:William Mckinley:
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