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Chapter 20-2 Modern Urban Growth

Chapter 20-2 Modern Urban Growth. What caused the rapid growth of cities in the late 1800s?. Urbanization (farmers). Immigrants. African Americans Migrate North. 10 Most Populated Cities in the World: 1900. Where did the different classes of people live in cities?.

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Chapter 20-2 Modern Urban Growth

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  1. Chapter 20-2 Modern Urban Growth

  2. What caused the rapid growth of cities in the late 1800s? Urbanization (farmers) Immigrants African Americans Migrate North

  3. 10 Most Populated Cities in the World: 1900

  4. Where did the different classes of people live in cities? Poor: tenement slums, center of the city Middle Class: homes in cleaner neighborhoods, away from “downtown” Wealthy: mansions in exclusive neighborhoods with gates, or walls

  5. Pattern of Settlement In Cities: Suburbs Wealthy Class Homes Suburbs Middle Class Homes Factories, Businesses, Poor Tenement Slum (downtown) Some Small Business Suburbs Suburbs Wealthy Class Homes

  6. Amherst/UB Buffalo 1901

  7. “West Side” (Italian) “Polonia” (Polish) “Kaisertown” (German)

  8. Problems in the cities: Unsafe tenement buildings Garbage removal problem Factory pollution Rapid increase in crime

  9. Reform Movements By 1880s reformers were forcing city governments to: Pass building codes Hire sanitation workers Pass zoning laws Set up police & fire departments

  10. Jane Addams & Hull House By late 1800s people began to form Settlement Houses (community centers that offered: Education in American culture & History English Language Classes Health care instruction Recreation Activities For the Young (sports, singing, theater…)

  11. Social Gospel Movement Based on supplying Christian values & ethics to address problems in society: • Led by Protestant ministers • Child labor reform/laws • Conditions in slums/poverty • Alcohol abuse • Rising crime rate • Bad hygiene, medical care

  12. Jacob Riis Photographs

  13. Jacob Riis Photographs http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAriis.htm http://www.atschool.org/materials/primary/riis.htm http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/Davis/photography/images/riisphotos/slideshow1.html • Documented conditions in cities. • Wrote the book How the Other Half Lives, illustrated with his photos. Updated 12/8/10

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