ARE YOU AS SMART AS AN IMMIGRANT ???

Urban Populations Boom for 2 reasons 1.immigration 2.In-Migration *Be able to explain each* Age of Cities Hmm… What could the difference be here?

Jobs drew people to cities – Meatpacking plants – Steel mills – Garment factories – Salesclerks – Waiters – Barbers – Bank tellers – Secretaries

Groups Moving to Cities Immigrants – better lives/ work Farmers – stable jobs African Americans – better lives/ opportunities for work

Patterns of City Settlement Cities grew outward from downtown sections POOR MIDDLE CLASS RICH THINK 

Poor Poor – Poor families were rooted in the city’s center (old sections) – Streets jammed with people, horses, pushcarts, garbage – People bought out buildings & turned them into factories to maintain cheap rent – Limited space called for tenements

Tenements: small apartments in a city slum building – 6 or 7 stories high, divided into small apartments – No windows, heat or indoor bathrooms – 10 people to a room per usual – Typhoid & cholera spread – Tuberculosis (lung disease) biggest killer » thousands die per year (babies)

Middle Class – Beyond the slums, just surrounding the epicenter (middle) – Doctors, lawyers, business managers, skilled machinists, office workers – Rows of neat houses with trees – Still disease spreads, but less frequently

– Leisure activities: sense of community & purpose Clubs, choirs, bowling teams, charities “Bring together many people who are striving upward, trying to uplift themselves” Middle Class

Rich – Outskirts of the city, far ends – Brick walls & iron gates – Mansions on 5 th Avenue (NY) – Lakefront property (Chicago) – Modeled lives after European royalty: artwork, parties, cigarettes rolled in $100 bills

Things to Remember: 1. We don’t see each other Friday 2. Your scrapbooks are due Monday - follow directions & rubric {out of 50pts} 3. Our FIRST CULTURAL EXPERIENCE is next Friday!!! - more information to come on Monday… 4. Your unit test will be next Thursday *You now have your 4 th “chunk”… all key terms are due test day – no HW passes*