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Rise of Cities

Immigrants settle in cities Cheap places to live Unskilled labor jobs Twice as many Irish in New York than Dublin Americanization Movement Schools taught Immigrants Many didn’t abandon tradition Ethnic communities

Immigrants settle in cities Ellis Island Angel Island Nativism Anti-Asian Sentiment

Migration From country to Cities Farming Technology forces out labor African Americans move North

Housing Cramped room or house on outskirts Row houses Tenements

Transportation Mass Transit Street Cars (San Fran) Electric subways (Boston) Struggle to meet demand

Sanitation Horse Manure Sewage in gutters Factory pollution Trash dumped

Crime and Fire Pickpockets, thieves flourished New York first full time police force Lack of water Wood dwellings Candles and kerosene Firefighters volunteer Full time fire fighters by 1900