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Today’s Questions 10. How did industrialization and inventions affect cities? 11. Write 5 adjectives that describe what it was like to live in a tenement. How did settlement houses and political machines affect cities?
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Vocabulary 68. urbanization – growth of cities because of industrial jobs and improved transportation
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Vocabulary 69. tenement – an apartment house that is run- down and overcrowded
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Vocabulary 70. slum – neighborhood of overcrowded and dangerous tenements
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Vocabulary 71. social gospel – Christian based movement aimed to improve the lives of the poor by providing daycare, education, and healthcare in settlement houses.
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Vocabulary 72. political machine – corrupt organization that controlled local governments by giving food, jobs, bribes, and favors to voters
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Living Conditions in the Gilded Age
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Cities Change Urbanization Growth of cities because of Industry New factory jobs New people Immigrants Ex-Farmers
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Cities Change Technology Steel in skyscrapers Electricity Elevators Streetcars
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Life in the City Tenement Run-down and overcrowded apartment house Old buildings + Landlord neglect + Poor design + Little government control = Dangerous conditions No running water
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How the Other Half Lives How the Other Half Lives by Jacob RiisJacob Riis
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Life in the City Slums Neighborhood of tenement buildings Trash thrown between buildings
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Reforms Social gospel movement Improve lives of the poor Abolish child labor Settlement houses offered services for poor and immigrants Daycare Education Health care Jane Addams founded Hull House in Chicago
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Political Machines Political machine Controls local government by trading favors for votes Positives Built parks, schools, sewers, and orphanages Help immigrants get started Negatives Dishonest elections Bribery Jobs and food only to supporters
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