Growth of Cities Created by Aaron Yonke Bay Port High School Green Bay, WI
Feb 23, 2016
Growth of Cities
Created by Aaron Yonke
Bay Port High School Green Bay, WI
Why the move to Cities• JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS– Immigrants, African Americans, former
farmers• Railroads–Helped people move and allowed for raw
materials to be taken to and from factories–Connected cities to each other
• Natural Resources
Move to Cities
• 1870 1 in 4 Americans lived in cities (2500 <)• 1910 1 in 2 Americans lived in
cities• United States was changing from
rural to urban nation
Urban Growth: 1870 - 1900
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Characteristics of Urbanization
During the Gilded Age1.Huge Growth2.Mass Transit3.Economic and social
opportunities.4.Divided by social structure5.New opportunity for
women.6.Poor living conditions for
many.
Louis Sullivan: Carson, Pirie, Scott
Dept. Store, Chicago, 1899
D. H. Burnham: Marshall Fields Dept.
Store, 1902
Woolworth
Bldg.
NYC - 1911
FlatironBuilding
NYC – 1902D. H.
Burnham
Housing
Tenement Living
• Apartment building in poor, run down urban neighborhoods (slums)
• Poorest residents (usually immigrants) lived in these
• Several people per room• Several families had to share ONE cold water
tap and toilet
“Dumbell “ Tenement
“Dumbell “ Tenement, NYC
Jacob Riis:
How the
Other Half Lived(1890)
Tenement Slum Living
Lodgers Huddled Together
Tenement Slum Living
Struggling Immigrant Families
Middle Class and Rich
• Middle Class, professionals that lived comfortably– Lived on edge outside of city centers (suburbs)– 1 house=1 family, hot water, indoor plumbing and
by 1900 electricity• Rich– Large mansions in cities and estates in country
Cities in Crisis
• Cities grew too fast, over crowding• No open/green space• Poor transportation systems• Garbage and animal manure piled up• Sewers overflowed with sewage• Disease ran rampant• Fire was a constant threat• Poverty was widespread
City Problems
Solutions• Salvation Army (1879) food kitchens and
shelters• YMCA & YWCA set up rec centers• Settlement Houses created (Jane Addams &
Hull House in Chicago)• Parks and green space created• Mass Transportation established– Cable cars, trolleys, subways, EL (Chicago)
• Skyscrapers
Ethnic Communities
Pell St. - Chinatown, NYC
Mulberry Street – “Little Italy”
St. Patrick’s
Cathedral
Hester Street – Jewish Section