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6:2 ● Urbanization ● Migrating to cities ● 1870:10 million ● 1900: 30 million ● “skyscrapers” (Louis Sullivan) – Build upward, not outward.

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1 6:2 ● Urbanization ● Migrating to cities ● 1870:10 million ● 1900: 30 million ● “skyscrapers” (Louis Sullivan) – Build upward, not outward

2 6:2 ● Society begins to separate ● High Society – Wealthy ● Middle Class – Doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers ● Working Class – Lived in tenements (apartment buildings) – Many families relied on children for income

3 6:2 Problems in the Cities ● Crime ● Drunkenness

4 6:2 ● Political Machine ● Informal political group whose aim was to gain and keep power ● Ran big cities ● Ran by Party Bosses – Boss Tweed (Tammany Hall) ● “graft” – Getting money through dishonest ways

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