2. The Growth of Cities

3. Reasons for Growth Location Industry Immigration Technology Migration

4. Location

5. Pittsburgh Three Rivers –Manongahelia –Ohio –Aleghaney Near Steel Mills

6. Near resources for steel Iron ore Coal Limestone

7. Chicago Lake Michigan Railroad Hub

8. Detroit Lake Huron Lake Erie

9. Specialized Industry

10. Pittsburgh Steel

11. Chicago Meatpacking

12. Detroit Automobile

13. Immigration Thousands moved to the United States from Europe and Asia

14. Immigrants moved to industrialized areas (cities) to get jobs in the factories

15. Technology Mechanization (the reaper) had reduced farm labor needs and increased farm production

16. Improved city transportation: –Streetcars, cable cars, trolleys and elevated trains were built –Streets were paved –Steel and elevators allowed for building of skyscrapers

17. Migration Movement of people from one place to another within a nation

18. Industrialization increased need for workers in cities

19. People moved from the farms to the cities to work

20. The Great Migration African-Americans were moving from the south to the cities for work in the factories

21. Rapid Industrialization and Urbanization led to : Pollution Overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods and tenements Which in turn led to disease and health problems Increased crime Labor issues including child labor

22. Settlement Houses Hull House in Chicago Founded by Jane Addams Provided medical care Classes in various subjects Child care Social Life A community center atmosphere

23. What would you do to help solve the problems of the growing industrial cities of the late 1800s early 1900s? Write a paragraph in your Interactive notebook explaining your ideas.