Day 41 Challenges of Urbanization Homework:
Cliff Dwellers 1913 by George Bellows
Urban Opportunities Rapid Urbanization Americanization Movement- Assimilation Rural to Urban due to advanced technology Great Migration of African American farmers
Urban Problems Row houses- to help urban poor Tenements multifamily homes Overcrowded and Unsanitary conditions Mass transit to move massive # of people
Lack of Safe Drinking water and plumbing Horse Manure, Sewage, smoke stacks Crime – Dodgers Fire- Fires Great Chicago, and San Francisco Earthquake
Reformers Social Gospel Movement- salvation through helping poor Settlement houses- Middle class moves in to help Jane Adams and Hull House
Summary Questions 1) What is urbanization? 2) What were the multi-family and often unsanitary homes in cities called? 3) These were Community centers that provided assistance to the urban poor? 4) What was the purpose of the Americanization movement? 5) Who was the founder of Hull House? What was its purpose?