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Urban Evolution: From Growth to Challenges

Explore the development of cities along coasts with ocean ports, driven by industries and technology like the Bessemer Process and Assembly Line. Witness the problems brought by industrial expansion, leading to sanitation improvements, crime mitigation, tenements, sweatshops, and child labor.

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Urban Evolution: From Growth to Challenges

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  1. I. Development of Cities • Geography • largest cities grew along the coast • ocean ports = transportation • Industries • factories brought people to cities

  2. Technology • Bessemer Process = skyscrapers, elevators, mass transit (street cars) • Assembly Line = created by Henry Ford – greatly increased production

  3. II. Problems Caused by Industrial Expansion • Diseases • from sewage • Result = improved sanitation systems, water treatment plants • Crime • Result = street lighting, police forces, fire departments/fire hydrants • Pollution

  4. Tenements • low income apartments • “slums” overcrowding • Sweatshops • poor lighting and ventilation • work long hours, poor working conditions • Child Labor • needed the $ • parents had no place for kids to go

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