Lesson 5. 2

Lesson 5. 2

Moving to the City

The Rise of Cities

-In 1870 of one of four Americans lived in a community of 2, 500 or more people.

-Nearly half lived in unban area-a thickly populated city or town.

-Immigrants made up 80% or more of the population in New York Detroit and Chicago.

-Which helped grow the cities.

-Native-born American also contributed to urban growth.

-After the Civil War many African Americans moved to Southern cities.

-They were looking for work.

Multiple Choice

What does urban mean?

• a thickly populated city

• small town

• a poor run down area

• residential area outside a city center

Multiple Choice

Many African Americans moved where after the Civil War?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Fill in the Blanks

Immigrants and their children made up

percent or more of he population in 1890?

Transportation and Resources Help Cities Grow

• a growing network of railroads fed city growth.

• Railroads helped move people and raw materials for industry.

• Chicago and Kansa City developed into meat packing centers.

• Pittsburgh became a center for iron and steel manufacturing.

• Seaports such as New York and San Francisco grew as trade with the rest of the world increased.

Multiple Choice

A growing network of what fed city growth?

• cars

• railroads

• food

• animals

Multiple Choice

Chicago and Kansas City developed into what kind of center?

• meatpacking

• steel

• iron

• automobiles

Multiple Choice

Pittsburgh was a center for _______ and ______.

• steel and iron

• meat and iron

• transportation and steel

• milk and cheese

Multiple Select

Seaports such as New York and San Francisco was used for what?

• steal

• trade

• iron

• railroads

Multiple Choice

Middle class are social classes occupied by comfortable, but not wealthy people .

• False

• True

Life in a Tenement

• In the most crowded cities, the poorest people including more immigrants lived in tenements.

• A tenement is a type of residence that is often run-down and crowded.

• A slum highly populated, poor, run-down, urban area

• Tenements were usually crowded with several families sharing a cold-water tap and a toilet.

The Growth of the Middle Class

• Middle class made up of people who enjoyed a comfortable life but not great wealth.

• Middle class were the families of doctors, lawyers, and misters, as well as teachers, mangers office clerks,

• Some middle class moved to the suburbs-residential area that sprang up outside city center.

• They lived in houses with hot water, indoor toilets, and by 1900 electricity,

Multiple Choice

What are tenements?

• often run-down and crowded

• single family home

• outside a city center

• like a city

Multiple Choice

Slums are poor, run-down urban neighborhoods.

• false

• true

The Very Rich

• The top of the economic and social ladder were the very rich

• They built mansions in the cities and huge estates in the country.

• Their wealth and the poverty that lay beneath it is one reasons why this era became known as the Gilded Age.

• The word gilded refers to something covered with a thin layer of gold.

Multiple Choice

The top of the social ladder were the very______.

• poor

• rich

• middle class

Multiple Choice

The word gilded refers to...

• something covered with a thin layer of glue

• something covered with a thin layer of gold

• something covered with a thin layer of paint

• something covered with a thin layer of rust

Troubles in the Cities

• The rapid growth in the cities led to some serious problems

• Garbage and horse manure piled up in the city streets

• Sewers couldn't handle the flow of human waste

• All the filth acted as a breeding ground for quickly spreading diseases

• In Chicago around the 1900's numerous amounts of babies died do to whooping cough, diphtheria, measles.

• To control the spread of diseases, official screen schoolchildren, sent visiting nurses to mothers with young children, and set up public health clinics.

Troubles in Cities

• poverty lead to crime in the cities.

• Orphaned and homeless children sometimes restored to committing minor, or less serious, crimes.

• Gangs roamed the poor neighborhoods.

• Many dedicated people worked to improve urban life and help the poor.

• Establishments called settlement houses offered many types of assistance to the urban poor.

• One of the most famous was Chicago's Hull House, founded by jane Addams in 1889.

Multiple Choice

The _____________ growth of cities led to some serious problems.

• slow

• rapid

Multiple Choice

What does minor mean?

• of lesser importance

• highly important

Open Ended

What are settlement houses?

Multiple Choice

One of the most famous settlement houses was _____?

• Chitals' Hull House

• Chicago's Hull House

• Adam's Hull Hose

• Florida's Gull House

Poll

How are you feeling today?

• happy

• sad

• sleepy

• excited

Poll

How are you feeling today?

• happy

• sad

• sleepy

• excited

Poll

How are you feeling today?

• happy

• sad

• sleepy

• excited