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Urbananization

Urbananization. { Problems and Politics. New York City: 1860 = 800,000 people 1900 = 3.5 million Middle class now, but with bigger divide between rich and poor Skyscrapers being built Mass transit being developed (horse cars and cable cars). Rapid Growth.

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Urbananization

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  1. Urbananization {Problems and Politics

  2. New York City: • 1860 = 800,000 people • 1900 = 3.5 million • Middle class now, but with bigger divide between rich and poor • Skyscrapers being built • Mass transit being developed (horse cars and cable cars) Rapid Growth

  3. Upper – mansions - big business owners • Middle – suburbs - doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc. • Lower – tenements – factory labor, child labor • Tenement: multi-family, crowded apartments Class Separation

  4. Upper – Vanderbilt Mansion

  5. Middle – Victorian style home of a tugboat captain

  6. Lower - Tenement

  7. Violent Crime increases • Often blamed on immigrants, but research shows it affected all types fairly equally • Alcohol - was blamed by some for increasing crime, corrupting politics, and bringing suffering to wives and children • Sanitation – typhoid fever and cholera • Disease • Political Machines – an informal political group designed to gain and keep power Urban Problems

  8. In exchange for votes, “party bosses” would promise people jobs, heat, food, and protection • Party bosses also controlled the city’s finances • Would often accept bribes from certain businesses to let them do things illegally or not up to code • Tammany Hall political machine • Willaim M. “Boss” Tweed • Corrupt leader • Eventually went to prison • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSH1EIvTDGw • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YildL_ilQFY Political Machines

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