1. The Age of the City…

2. Take Five
Which area on the map represents the region MOST affected by the Homestead Act of 1862?   A)   B)   C)   D)

3. Urbanization Migration Immigration Assimilation Exclusion
American Protective Association
Immigration Restriction League

4. Redefining the city Public Parks Frederick Law Olmstead
Public cultural centers
Philanthropy
1893 Columbian Exposition of Chicago
Housing Developments
Suburbs
Tenement buildings
Jacob Riis
Infrastructure
Transportation
Roads & bridges
Brooklyn Bridge
Skyscrapers

5. Tenement Building in New York

7. Frederick Law Olmstead

8. Jacob Riis’ Photographs

9. Children on the street

10. The Bar Room

11. Impoverished Workers

12. Take Five
Why did most of the immigrants, who came to America in the late 19th century, settle in the cities?   A) City living was spacious, clean, and far from overpopulated.   B) City living was crowded but there were plenty of recreational activities.   C) Cities were the cheapest places to live and offered unskilled laborers steady jobs.   D) People had a hard time finding work so they settled into the cities since they could not afford to move.

13. Problems of the City
Disasters
Great Fires
Chicago
Earthquakes

14. Great Chicago Fire

15. San Francisco Earthquake 1906

16. Problems of the city (con’t)
Department of Water Works
Medical and sanitation advances
Crime
Poverty
“deserving poor”
Salvation Army
Crime rate increases
Political machine
William M. Tweed

17. Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall

19. Some improved working conditions
Henry Ford
Assembly Line
Frederick Taylor
Scientific Mgt.

20. Henry Ford

21. Ford Assembly Line

22. Did you know????? Prices in the early 1900’s
Average house = $2,000
Annual salary = $708.00
Gallon of gas = 5 cents
Ford’s Model A = $850.00
Ford’s Model T = $575.00—after the assembly line

23. Trends in Shopping Rising incomes Women in the marketplace Consumers
National Consumer League
New opportunities
Department stores
Chain stores
A & P
F. W. Woolworth

24. Entertainment Sporting Events Music and Theatre Baseball Football
Barn storming
Football
Basketball
James Naismith
Prize Fighting
Music and Theatre
Vaudeville
Nickelodeons
Motion picture
D.W. Griffith

25. Entertainment (con’t)
Pleasure Parks
Central Park
Coney Island
Luna Park
Dreamland
Literature
Newspaper production
Dime novels
The Red Badge of Courage

26. Central Park

28. Coney Island

29. Coney Island Attractions 1925-1940

30. Luna Park

31. Stephen Crane

32. Other forms of entertainment
Family gatherings
Telephone
Switchboard

33. Growth in Education Public Schools Colleges and Universities
Private institutions
Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862

34. Women in the Victorian Age
Separate “spheres”
Higher education
Mount Holyoke
Changing roles in society

35. Queen Victoria

36. Victorian depiction of women

37. Soup Old Fashion Navy Bean 10¢
Main Course Channel Catfish 20¢ Pork Tenderloins 20¢ Omelet with Jelly 15¢ Roast Pork with Applesauce 20¢ Chicken Fricassee 20¢ Roast Beef 15¢ Pork and Beans 15¢
Corn on the Cob 10¢ Buttered Beets 5¢ Mashed Potatoes 5¢ Pickled Beets 5¢ Cole Slaw 5¢ Salad 10¢
Vegetables Appetizers Half of a Cantaloupe 10¢ Sliced Orange 10¢ Young Onions 5¢ Sliced Tomatoes 10¢ New Radishes 5¢ Sliced Cucumbers 10¢
Soup Old Fashion Navy Bean 10¢
Drinks Coffee 5¢ Milk 5¢ Tea 5¢ Dessert Lemon Layer Cake 5¢ Ice Cream 10¢ Ice Cream and Cake 15¢ Raspberries and Cream 10¢ Rhubarb Pie 5¢ Green Apple Pie 5¢

39. First class “Smoking Room”

40. 1st Class Staterooms on Titanic

41. Did you Know????
Cost of a ticket (one way): First-Class (parlor suite): £870/$4,350 ($50,000 today). First-Class (berth): £30/$150 ($1,724 today). 2 Executive Suites on Board ($ 78,000 today)

42. 2nd Class Cabins
Cost of a Second-Class ticket (one way): £12/$60 ($690 today).

43. Cost of a Third-Class ticket (one way): £3/$15 to £8/$40 ($172 to $460 today).