Urbanization Stations

Housing

Issue/Problem: Lack of housing for growing city populations

Solutions/Results:

Bessemer Process made steel less expensive and thus was available to build stronger, taller buildings.

Elisha Otis' invention of the elevator allowed buildings to be built even higher (skyscrapers.)

Cheap apartment buildings were built to house the increasing numbers of factory workers. These are called tenements.

What was the overall problem with housing?

• Only the rich could afford to live in a tenement

• Elevators were dangerous

• There was a lack of housing for workers moving to the city.

• Skyscrapers were blocking the view of the city.

Housing

Issue/Problem: Lack of housing for growing city populations

Solutions/Results:

Bessemer Process made steel less expensive and thus was available to build stronger, taller buildings.

Elisha Otis' invention of the elevator allowed buildings to be built even higher (skyscrapers.)

Cheap apartment buildings were built to house the increasing numbers of factory workers. These are called tenements.

What was one answer to the lack of housing?

• suburbs

• tenements

• railroads

• farms

Mass Transportation

Issue/Problem:  

Crowded cities. People wanted to move outside of downtown areas.

Solutions/Results:

Mass transportation systems such as electric trolleys, subways and bridges allowed cities to grow larger and spread out.Led to the growth of suburbs.  Usually the middle class and wealthy could afford to live in suburbs.

What was the problem stated here?

• The subway was always late.

• Trains did not have refrigerated rail cars

• Not enough people could afford cars.

• Cities were crowded causing people to want to move away from downtown.

Mass Transportation

Issue/Problem:  Crowded cities. People wanted to move outside of downtown areas.

Solutions/Results:

Mass transportation systems such as electric trolleys, subways and bridges allowed cities to grow larger and spread out.

Led to the growth of suburbs.  Usually the middle class and wealthy could afford to live in suburbs.

What was one answer to the problem of overcrowding?

• Forcing people to move to the suburbs

• Banning the Chinese from entering the U.S.

• The development of mass transit systems: subways, bridges, ect.

• Labor Unions

Population Growth in Cities

Issue/Problem:  Factories and businesses needed workers - men, women, and children.

Solutions/Results: 

increased immigrationmigration from farms to cities increased (rural to urban)

What two years saw the largets influx of immigrants to the United States?

• 1841, 1851

• 1881, 1901

• 1881, 1891

• 1901, 1911

Population Growth in Cities

Issue/Problem:  Factories and businesses needed workers - men, women, and children.

Solutions/Results: 

increased immigrationmigration from farms to cities increased (rural to urban)

What made it possible for the U.S. to become a manufacturing giant in the Gilded Age?

• Resources

• Laissez Faire Capitalism

• Immigrants

• The presidents

Education

Issue/Problem:  There was a need for a more educated workforce. 

Solutions/Results:  

In 1870, there were 6,500,000 children in school.

By 1900, there were 17,300,000 children in school.

Because more people could read, demand for newspapers, magazines, and dime novels (inexpensive novels) increased

What is the issue stated here?

• Over 6 million children were enrolled in school.

• More people were able to read and write.

• Many people who had immigrated didn't speak English

• The need for the workforce t obe educated.

Education

Issue/Problem:  There was a need for a more educated workforce. 

Solutions/Results:  

In 1870, there were 6,500,000 children in school.

By 1900, there were 17,300,000 children in school.

Because more people could read, demand for newspapers, magazines, and dime novels (inexpensive novels) increased

What was the affect of a more educated society?

• More demand for newspapers and magazines.

• Philanthropists like Andrew Carnegie built libraries.

• Many more people became rich.

• More schools were opened.

Leisure Time

Issue/Problem:  

Because people worked a set number of hours in factories, they had more leisure time to do what they wanted. 

Solutions/Results:  

Development of city parks.  Fredrick Law Olmsted designed many parks, the most famous being Central Park in New York City

People played and watched outdoor sports. Baseball and football became popular

More people went to the theater and Vaudeville shows

New kinds of music, such as ragtime, popularized by Scott Joplin, an African American composer

What industry grew as a result of more leisure time? (Answer all that apply.)

• Sports

• theatre

• music

• hospitals

Which of the following statements is the CAUSE statement?

*Steel was now available to build stronger, taller buildings.

*The Bessemer steel process made steel less expensive.

• The Bessemer steel process made steel less expensive

• Steel was now available to build stronger, taller buildings