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The Other Half

The Other Half. Urbanization and the American Dream. Great Chicago Fire. Began on Oct. 8 and lasted until Oct. 10 Rumors Started by Mrs. O’Leary’s cow Spread Wood buildings Drought Winds Poor city management. Aftermath. 4 sq. miles of city destroyed About 300 killed

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The Other Half

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  1. The Other Half Urbanization and the American Dream

  2. Great Chicago Fire • Began on Oct. 8 and lasted until Oct. 10 • Rumors • Started by Mrs. O’Leary’s cow • Spread • Wood buildings • Drought • Winds • Poor city management

  3. Aftermath • 4 sq. miles of city destroyed • About 300 killed • $220 million in damages • 90,000 of cities 300,000 inhabitants homeless

  4. Columbia Exposition • 1893 Chicago hosts the Worlds Fair • 400 Anniversary of what? • America on display • Greatness • Power • Grace • Beauty • Opportunity

  5. Greatness? • The greatness of America • Best of the world combined into one nation • Criticism • Reporter “Behind the Stucco and plywood the world will never city the true Windy City of Chicago.”

  6. The America Wanted • Growing middle class • Managers • Professionalization • Doctors • Lawyers • Teachers • Life • Large homes • Machines to make life easier

  7. Leisure • Time off spent experiencing the good life • Sports • Baseball • Rise of golf • Tennis • Education • Kids in school • Rise of college education

  8. Education • Middle-class opportunities • Increased importance on education • College • Philanthropy opened more schools • Increased participation by women • Men trained for middle and upper class positions • Women towards home making

  9. African-Americans • Extremely difficult • Jim Crow in the south • Racism in the north • Booker T. Washington • Opened the Tuskegee Institute • Focused on training blacks in agriculture work • Atlanta Compromise • Progress through work not law suits and agitation

  10. The Other Half • Jacob Riis • Immigrant • Hired a police photographer • Muckraker • Those who expose the wrongs • “How the Other Half Lives” • Exposes how the rest of America lives

  11. Why so many in the Cities • Jobs • Rise of industry • Decline of the farm • Immigration • Coming to America for a better life • Breaking the city into sections • Know the culture and language

  12. Problems • Housing • Tenant Housing • Small • Crowded • Safety • Falling apart • Little regulation • Not enough • Sanitation • Dumping feces into streets • Water • Not enough and poor piping • Crime

  13. Corruption • Political Machines • Run by the “Boss” • Provided services to those in need in return for votes • Immigrants • Easy to dupe • New • No understanding of democratic gov’t • In need • Boss provided and in return expected votes

  14. Social Services • Conditions and needs brought about social reforms • Upper class women played the largest role • Motherly/social duty • Jane Addams • Hull House in Chicago • Settlement house • Provided services like educations, classes, and assistance to newly arriving immigrants

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