Chapter 15 Section 3
The Challenge of the Cities
Suburb

Residential
communities
surrounding cities
Tenement

Low cost apartment
buildings designed to
house as many
families as the owner
could pack in
Dumbbell Tenement

Named for its dumbbell
shape

Each building narrowed in
the middle, and gaps on
either side formed air
shafts to bring light and air
inside the rooms
Describe living conditions
in a dumbbell tenement
 Overcrowded
How did Jacob Riis expose
the conditions that existed
in tenement houses?
 Mastered
new
technology of flash
photography
What were three technological developments
that enabled cities to house more people?

Elevator

Subway
Political Machine
 An
unofficial city
organization
What contributed to the
rise of political machines?
 As
city
governments grew
in size, wealth, and
power, they became
Who benefitted most from
Boss Tweed’s control of
New York City?
 Tweed
and his
allies benefitted the
most
Graft
 The
use of one’s
job to gain
Why did some people
criticize graft?
 Graft
is
List 4 challenges that
people living in cities
faced.
 Overcrowding
 Disease