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The Challenge of the Cities

The Challenge of the Cities. Central Questions. Aside from just increased immigration, how else did cities grow during the Gilded Age. What were the urban living conditions city residents experienced during the Gilded Age? How did the cities change as a result of this growth?.

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The Challenge of the Cities

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  1. The Challenge of the Cities

  2. Central Questions • Aside from just increased immigration, how else did cities grow during the Gilded Age. • What were the urban living conditions city residents experienced during the Gilded Age? • How did the cities change as a result of this growth?

  3. Part 1: How Cities GrewFarms to Cities • What is the most influential force in changing culture? • Farm technology limited the number of workers needed on the farm. • Industry was located in the cities • African American migrations • Jim Crow laws in the south • Crop failures at the turn of the century

  4. Transportation Horse drawn rail cars allowed suburbs to form. Elevated rails, subways and cable cars changed the far reaching capabilities of the suburbs Elevators and steel allowed cities to also expand upward Part 1: How Cities GrewWays Cities Changed

  5. Home Insurance Company Building

  6. Where are we going to live?

  7. Part 2: Urban Living ConditionsHousing???? Option 1 Factory Apartments for employees Option 2 Tenement Homes

  8. NYC tenement

  9. Part 2: Urban Living ConditionsHousing???? JR JR Option 3 Five Cent Lodging

  10. Part 2: Urban Living ConditionsHousing???? JR JR Option 4 ???????

  11. 1871 The Great Chicago Fire

  12. Part 2: Urban Living ConditionsThe Rise of the Ghetto Restrictive Covenants – agreements among homeowners not to sell to certain immigrant groups

  13. “How the Other Half Lives” Highlighting the work of Jacob Riis

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  26. Part 3: The Results of City GrowthThe Political Machine • Political Machine – purpose was to keep a political party in power by any means possible. • Political Boss – headed the machine – sometimes elected, sometimes not. • Under the boss there were ward bosses and district bosses – they trade favors for votes • Graft? • Immigrants especially were susceptible to political machines and were the main supporters.

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