1. Write the following questions in your notebooks, in preparation for a short video clip from “America: The Story of Us – Cities” (16:00 – 39:00):
(1) To what did the name “roughnecks” refer?
(2) Two out of five “roughnecks” …
(3) What makes the innovation of skyscrapers possible?
(4) What was the Rogues Gallery, which was made famous by detective, Thomas Byrnes?
(5) Describe the problems of cities, and the efforts of George Waring and Jacob Riis.
(6) Describe Thomas Edison’s big invention.

2. What do you notice in the data?
% of Workers in U.S. Economy
% of Entire U.S. Economy
Year
Agriculture
Industry
Services
1840 68 12 20 47 21 31
1850 60 17 23 42 29
1860 56 19 25 38 28 34
1870 53 22 35
1880 52 32
1890 43 26 41 37
1900 40 33 39

3. Growth of Urban America
** The term “urbanized area” denotes an urban area of 50,000 or more people.
** About 82% of U.S. pop. lives within “urbanized area” (Dec., 2010).
1860 – 20% urban
1900 – 40% urban
1920 – 51% urban

4. “Factory Belt,” now “Rust Belt”

5. Rise in Recreation Opportunities
Ashley

6. Rise of Popular Entertainment
Amusement Parks
Vaudeville and ragtime
New York’s Coney Island

7. Urban Planning
- Creating “havens” in the middle of busy cities to improve “live-ability.”
Frederick Law Olmsted created New York’s Central Park
Daniel Burnham created Chicago’s Navy Pier

8. More Leisure and Snacks
- Susan B. Anthony once said, …
“I think bicycling has done more to emancipate the woman than anything else in the world … it gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance.”
- Bicycle becomes safer …
- Tennis arrives to America in 1874 …
- Hershey’s Chocolate Bar …
- Coca-Cola …
Swift Safety Bicycle

9. Revolution in Printing
- Revolution in printing led to an increase in literacy to 90%
- Various advances in printing …
- Linotype
- Paper from pulp
- Printing on both sides of paper
- Increased proliferation of various print media …
- Mass circulation of newspapers … Pulitzer vs.
Linotype Machine
Randolph Hearst

10. Write the following questions in your notebooks, in preparation for a short video clip from “America: The Story of Us – Cities” (16:00 – 37:00):
(1) To what did the name “roughnecks” refer?
(2) Two out of five “roughnecks” …
(3) What makes the innovation of skyscrapers possible?
(4) What was the Rogues Gallery, which was made famous by detective, Thomas Byrnes?
(5) Describe the problems of cities, and the efforts of George Waring and Jacob Riis.
(6) Describe Thomas Edison’s big invention.

11. Skyscrapers Become Possible
Elisha Otis – first “safe” elevator
Steel Frame Buildings

12. Tenements

13. How the Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis

14. Thomas Edison???

15. Thomas Edison

16. Gustavus Swift???

17. Benefits of Industrialization
(1) Refrigerated train cars, leads to wider distribution of food products