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1 Chapter 15 – Urban America
Section 2 - Urbanization

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3 Main Ideas Explain the technological developments that made the growth of cities possible. Evaluate the role that political machines played in urban politics in the late 1800’s.

4 Vocabulary Skyscrapers Louis Sullivan Tenements Political Machine
George Plunkitt Graft William “Boss” Tweed

5 Americans Migrate to the Cities
Urban population of the US grew from 10 million in to over 30 million by 1900

6 Americans Migrate to the Cities
Immigrants largely remained in the cities Rural Americans move to the cities Why might this be so?

7 The New Urban Environment
Engineers and architects have plenty of work Land prices go up Skyscrapers Chicago’s Home Insurance Building (1885) NYC Louis Sullivan “What people are within, the buildings express without”

8 The New Urban Environment
Mass Transit Horse cars to cable cars to electric trolley car to elevated trains to subways LOTS of changes were made during this time as far as transportation went

9 Separation by Class Wealthy and poor live in different areas of town
Still evident today. Originally, wealthy families lived in the heart of the city. Why do you think this is so? Where might middle class live? A majority of urban dwellers live in tenements. boarders

10 Urban Problems Increase in crime, fire, disease, pollution
Why might this be so? Murder rate quadruples Who might catch the blame for these bad things? Alcohol also contributed to the problem

11 Urban Politics With so many people living so close together, political systems needed to cope w/ new urban problems. Political machine Party bosses George Plunkitt Urban poor vote for these political machines

12 Urban Politics Many of these urban politicians became wealthy through graft Tammany Hall and William “Boss” Tweed The corruption he was a part of landed him in prison in

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