Growing Cities

Electric railcars

• trolleys

• trains

• automobiles

• cars

protection of public health

• industrilization

• street cleaning

• sanitation

• immigration

inventor of the electric arc

• Charles Chesnutt

• Charles Brush

• Edward Libbey

• Charles F. Kettering

Which city was the first in the world to have electric street lights?

• Cleveland

• Cincinnati

• Dayton

• Toledo

Which city was known as "Glass City?"

• Cleveland

• Cincinnati

• Toledo

• Dayton

How did trolleys change transportation in the cities?

• they offered people a way to travel to the country

• they forced people of the sidewalks

• they made it possible for people to live farther from their jobs

• the daily commuting forced poor people to move

Why was water a problem in Ohio's growing cities?

• increased population meant greater demand for clean water

• there was a shortage of plumbing

• the poor could not afford to pay for clean water

• because of flooding and oil spills, no drinking was was available

Which problem was NOT created by overcrowding?

• unsafe conditions

• small living spaces

• new building restrictions

• difficulty finding affordable housing

Why did many Jewish people come to Ohio from Eastern Europe?

• they wanted jobs

• they wanted religious freedom

• they wanted land

• they wanted to live among other Eastern Europeans

By 1870 what was Ohio's most crowded city?

• Cleveland

• Cincinnati

• Akron

• Columbus