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Chapter 19 TOWARD AN URBAN SOCIETY, 1877–1900

Chapter 19 TOWARD AN URBAN SOCIETY, 1877–1900. Urban and Rural Population, 1870–1900 (in millions). Life in the Cities –Tenements. Very poor living conditions Disease spread quickly Inadequate sanitation Poor ventilation Polluted water Overcrowded Up to 12 people shared a room.

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Chapter 19 TOWARD AN URBAN SOCIETY, 1877–1900

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  1. Chapter 19TOWARD AN URBAN SOCIETY, 1877–1900

  2. Urban and Rural Population, 1870–1900 (in millions)

  3. Life in the Cities –Tenements • Very poor living conditions • Disease spread quickly • Inadequate sanitation • Poor ventilation • Polluted water • Overcrowded • Up to 12 people shared a room

  4. Jacob Riis – “How the Other Half Lives”

  5. Immigration to the United States, 1870–1900

  6. Foreign-born Population, 1890

  7. “New” Immigrants • Most immigrants moved for economic reasons and entered through Ellis Island • 1880s: Eastern + Southern European “new” immigrants prompted resurgent Nativism • Nativist organizations tried to limit immigration • Immigrants seen as threats to American society

  8. “Welcome to All”

  9. “Looking Backward”

  10. Political Machines • Traded services for votes • Provided necessary services for immigrants • Made millions of dollars in the process • Improved conditions in cities, but were also extreme examples of graft + corruption Brooklyn Bridge

  11. Boss Tweed + Tammany Hall (NYC) Cartoons by Thomas Nast (a mugwump)

  12. “New Women” • Women with self-supporting careers • Demanded an end to gender discrimination • Advocated suffrage • Susan B. Anthony

  13. Educating the Masses • Trend toward universal education • 1896: Plessy v. Ferguson allowed "separate but equal" schools

  14. The Settlement Houses • Many workers women • Classical, practical education for poor, immigrants • Most famous was Jane Addams' Hull House in Chicago

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