American Urbanization and the Gilded Age. American Urbanization.

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American Urbanization and the Gilded Age

American Urbanization

Immigrants in New York

Problems with Urbanization

Housing

Transportation

Sanitation

Fire! *Last 29 Hours; 300 dead; 100,000 homeless; $200 million in damages

Fire! *Earthquake: 28 seconds Fire: 4 Days; 1000 dead; 500 million in damages

Crime

Reform Social Gospel Settlement Houses Hull House (1889)

Political Reform... Failed

Immigrants Most come from Southern and Eastern Europe Angel Island & Ellis Island (LISTEN!) Forced to take literacy tests and medical exams

Political Machines Machines in Chicago, New York, Baltimore, San Francisco, Kansas City, and Boston Pork-barrel Projects Appealed to immigrants. Immigrant political bosses could appeal to migrants in their own language and address their real needs.

Corruption

New Reform Thomas Nast: Political cartoonist who attempted to overthrow Tweed James A. Garfield Reformer (July 2, 1881) Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883)