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15.3 Urban Life

15.3 Urban Life. A. The changing cities- small—big. 1. The impact of technology Steel/skyscrapers Elevators- Elisha Otis Mass transit- trolley cars, commuter trains, subways Suburbs- middle class and wealthy. 2.Upper class life- urban- “new money” Iron, steel, mining, publishing

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15.3 Urban Life

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  1. 15.3 Urban Life

  2. A. The changing cities- small—big • 1. The impact of technology • Steel/skyscrapers • Elevators- Elisha Otis • Mass transit- trolley cars, commuter trains, subways • Suburbs- middle class and wealthy • 2.Upper class life- urban- “new money” • Iron, steel, mining, publishing • Conspicuous Consumption- spend $ openly • Philanthropy- charitable efforts to promote public welfare • 3. Middle class life- • Old middle class- outside work- males • Big businesses- women, lower wages • Most women home? Why able to leave? Less house work, children at school, tech improvements, buy things, smaller families • Free time, social clubs and reading; jobs • 4. Lower class- service, no job, factory • Tenement buildings- apartments; crowded, raw sewage, garbage, dirt streets, pollution, bred disease- Tuberculosis • African Americans

  3. B. The Drive for Reform- settlement houses Ex) Jane Addams 1889- Hull House (Chicago) help poor, women Ex) Janie Porter Barrett- settlement house for African Americans- Locust Street Social Settlement 1890- VA • The Gospel of Wealth- Carnegie The rich had an obligation: use $ for good! • Ladder system- universities (scholarships), libraries “If you build it, they will come”

  4. C. Urban Culture- • 1. Public education- grows with city -Mandatory 1878- 144 days/year -Girls- 1900- 60% -3 R’s - John Dewey “Laboratory School” - Segregation- African Americans, poor conditions • 2. Popular journalism- more literate NY World VS. NY Journal Comic strips headlines Advice columns sensationalism Sports page Yellow journalism

  5. 3. Literature- fiction, romance, mystery, westernSamuel Clemens aka Mark Twain, Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn • 4. Leisure time- sports • Basketball: James Naismith 1891 • Football: 1922- National Football League 1959- American Football League 1967- First Super bowl • Baseball: “America’s Pastime” • Alexander J. Cartwright 1845-rules • 1869 1st Pro-team- Cincinnati Red Stockings • 1903- 1st World Series • * Babe Ruth • 1887- ban on AA’s, lasted 60 years until Jackie Robinson • Croquet and Cycling • Children: “Greatest Show On Earth” (circus) Amusement parks- Coney Island Theatre Vaudeville/Nickelodeon

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