1. Gilded Age 1865-1918 Izzy London, Molly Christensen, Megan Larsen

2. What was it? Gilded: Means to cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold. Disguising the real problems of the day.. Sugar coating the bad A time of great growth and development in cities and jobs and people (especially in the North and West) It was also a time of enormous poverty and struggle and child labor

3. Urban Opportunities Immigrants settle in cities: – The cities were less expensive to live in – Americanization movement: Designed to assimilate people of wide ranging cultures into the dominant culture Migration from country to city – African American people moved from the country to the city for better work conditions and better treatment

4. Urban Problems Housing – Tenements: Multi-family home often over crowded and unsanitary Transportation – Mass transit: Transportation systems designed to move large numbers of people along fixed routes, enabled workers to go to and from jobs more easily. Water – Problems supplying safe drinking water

5. Urban Problems Continued Sanitation – It was hard to keep clean – Horse manure piled the streets – Sewage flowed through the gutters – Factories spewed foul smoke into the air Crime – Pickpockets and thieves flourished Fire – They didn’t have enough water so it was hard to put out fires

6. Reformers Mobilize Settlement House Movement – Social gospel movements: preached salvation through service to the poor – Settlement houses: Community centers in slum neighborhoods that provided assistance to many people in the area – Jane Adams: One of the most influential members of the movement

7. Emergence of Political Machines Political Machine: Offered services to voters and business In exchange for political or financial support The role of the political boss – Controlled access to municipal jobs and business licenses, and influenced the courts and other municipal agencies The role of the political boss – Many precinct captain and political bosses were first and second generation immigrants

8. Municipal Graft and Scandal Election Fraud and Graft – When the loyalty of voters was not enough to carry an election, some political machines turned into fraud – Graft: The illegal use of political influence for personal gain The Tweed Ring Scandal – Boss Tweed (William M. Tweed): Head of Tammany Hall, he led the Tweed Ring, a group of corrupt politicians in defrauding the city

9. QUIZ !!!! 1.What does Gilded mean?___________ 2.Immigrants settle in cities because?________ 3.Migration from country to city was?______ 4. one urban problem was? A.Water B.Transpiration C.Housing D.All above 5. Political Machine offered services to? A.Voters and businesses B. slaves C. factories 6. Jane Adams was? A.Influential B. did nothing C. was a failer

10. matching 7. Political Machine 8. The role of the political boss 9. The role of the political boss 10. Crime A. Controlled access to municipal jobs and business licenses, and influenced the courts and other municipal agencies B. Pickpockets and thieves flourished C. Offered services to voters and business In exchange for political or financial support D. Many precinct captain and political bosses were first and second generation immigrants