Urbanization
Urban Growth: 1870 - 1900
Dumbell Tenement
AIM:
How did Urbanization
affect society?
Negative affects of City Growth
1. Housing
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Tenements- multifamily buildings
Immigrants and working class
families crowded into these
buildings
Neighborhoods became slums
Crime flourished
Dumbell Tenement, NYC
Tenement Slum Living
Tenement Slum Living
Lodgers Huddled
Together
Negative affects of City Growth
2. Health
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Urban crowding spread disease
Water and sanitation facilities
were inadequate
Poor families could not afford
proper diets and lacked knowledge
of basic health procedures
Negative affects of City Growth
3. Politics
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Political machines took control of
many governments
Provided help to the poor in
exchange for votes
Corruption plagued society
Positive Effects of
Urbanization
1. New Technologies
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Subways, trains, and street cars
improved transportation
Gas and electric lights made
streets safer
New water and sewage systems
skyscrapers
Positive affects of
Urbanization
2. Cultural Advances
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Public and private money funded
museums, concert halls, theaters, and
parks
New printing presses turned out mass
circulation of newspapers, magazines,
and novels
Public schools increased eductaion
Positive affects of
Urbanization
3. Community
Improvements
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Jane Adams- Hull House- provide
education and services to the poor
Political reforms to fix problem of
corruption
The Urban Mixture
1. Workers and the poor
• Most immigrants belonged to
this group
• Lived in slums and poor
neighborhoods
• Company towns
The Urban Mixture
2. Middle Class
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Doctors, lawyers, office
workers, and skilled laborers
Buying consumer goods and
had money and time for
leisure activities
The Urban Mixture
3. The Wealthy
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Entrepreneurs and wealthy
business people
Smallest segment of urban life