1. World History: Unit 3, Chapter 8, Section 3
Life in the Industrial Age :
Daily Life in the Late 1800s

2. Main Idea
During the late 1800s, cities changed, while education, leisure time activities, and the arts reflected those changing times.

3. Cities Grow and Change
Urbanization occurred throughout the 1800s in Europe and the U.S.; more people lived in towns and cities
The Industrial City: people drawn by jobs- Lowell, Mass.-textiles, Chicago-meatpacking, Pittsburgh- steelmaking—the negative aspect was smog, the combination of coal smoke and fog, which killed 268 people in London in 1873

4. Migration to Cities Immigrate: to move to another country to live
Between 1870 and 1900, about 12 million people immigrated to the U.S.
From Ireland, England, Germany, Italy, Russia and China
% of New Yorkers were foreign born
Boston, Chicago, San Francisco

5. The Livable City Improved plumbing-better drinking water
Electricity-stoves, vacuums
1833- first skyscraper in Chicago- 10 stories tall
1863- first subway in London
“Suburbs” were created as cities moved outward, they were cleaner, with public transportation

6. Leisure Activities Causes Effects Higher incomes, more free time
Public transportation to recreational areas
Public funding of cultural activities
Time for sports: soccer, rugby, football, baseball
More people enjoying vacation spots and resorts
More opportunities to hear music, enjoy art

7. Changes in the Arts: Romanticism
Romanticism: literary and artistic development of the early 1800s with an emphasis on intuition and feeling
Love of nature, deep emotions, value of the individual, affection for the past, and the importance of the imagination
Poet William Wordsworth, German composer Ludwig van Beethoven

8. Realism Movement that was a reaction to romanticism
Depicted everyday life, no matter how unpleasant
Charles Dickens: struggles of London’s poor
Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace
Henrik Ibsen: play revealed unfair treatment of women in A Doll’s House

9. Impressionism 1860s French painters: Monet, Renior
Wanted to capture the impression of a scene using light, vivid color, and motion rather than realist details
Named for Monet’s painting Impression, Sunrise