Warm Up = Page 15 Glue in your warm up and notes and wait to watch the video. http://docudharma.com/2015/07/jon-stewart-slandero-gigante
Gilded Age: Urbanization BPQ: Why did urbanization begin and what were the consequences of rapid growth? Add to Table of Contents: Urbanization Pages 15-16
URBANIZATION Rapid in the Gilded Age in the North East and Midwest Immigrants settled in cities for jobs & affordable housing
MIGRATION FROM COUNTRY TO CITY Rapid improvements in farm technology (tractors, reapers, steel plows) made farming more efficient Less labor, less people Left for cities to find work- many African Americans Discrimination and Segregation (PUSH factors)
URBAN PROBLEMS Housing: overcrowded tenements were unsanitary Sanitation: garbage was often not collected, polluted air
URBAN PROBLEMS Transportation: increased congestion Water: cholera & typhoid fever Crime: increased Fire: Chicago 1871 & San Francisco 1906= two major fires
Question in your Notes= page 16 1. Who's job is it to make sure our air, water, and streets are clean? 2. Who’s job is it to keep us safe?
Why isn’t the federal (national government) doing all these things? Think of the relationship between business and the government at this time.
Political Machines Local solutions to urbanization, but it a bad way
Political Machines
Gilded Age Technology/ Culture
Gilded Age Technology/ Culture Tin Pan Alley
Photo Analysis I SEE… I THINK… I WONDER… PHOTOGRAPHER JACOB RIIS CAPTURED IMAGES OF THE CITY Jacob Riis was a reformer who through his pictures hoped for change… I SEE… I THINK… I WONDER…
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Document Analysis Group of 4 2 excerpts How the Other Half Lives The Bitter Cry of the Children Answer the questions for your document Last step as a group
Exit Ticket: Urbanization 1. What factors contributed to urbanization? (why did ppl move to cities) 2 reasons 2. What were the problems that resulted from rapid urban growth? 3. What thing (vocab word) offered solutions, but in a bad way and how were they corrupt?