Urbanization- Cities as Cesspools

What is a problem in the 19th century?

• The rise of the Transcontinental Railroad

• The invention of electricity

• Death due to infectious diseases

• The establishment of social media platforms.

Who were the titans of the industrial revolution that had growing businesses? 

• Thomas Edison,

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Henry Clay Frick

What were the cheap apartments due to overcrowding in the city called? 

• studios
• tenements
• flats
• lofts

What was making people sick?

• Lack of sewer systems

• Lack of communication

• Lack of clean water supply

• Lack of economic regulation

What is one job/ task that was created in response to the unsanitary living conditions? 

• Housing inspector
• Laundry coordinator

• Police for searches

• Street Sweepers

What was a regulation put on tenement housing?

• Regulation for the use of only wooden materials in tenement housing.
• Regulation for maximum occupancy in tenement housing.
• Regulation for mandatory outdoor space in tenement housing.
• Regulation for proper ventilation and light in tenement housing.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Positive Effects of Urbanization

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(b) Negative Effects of Urbanization

• Learning Germs Spread Disease 

• Creation of Sewage System 

• Tenement Housing 

• Regulating Tenement Housing

• Spread of Disease 

• Overcrowding