Urban Growth

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Chapter 8

• Section 1

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Urban Growth

• Percentage of people living in cities doubles to
  40 between 1860 and 1900
• Changes in technology (mass transportation,
  manufacturing) encouraged urbanization

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Urban Growth

• People driven from countryside by improvement in
  farm machinery
• People attracted to cities by jobs in factories
• Steam Power

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Urban Growth

• Poor People - Tenements

• Rich People - Suburbs

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Urban Growth

• 1920 - More people live in city than the country

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Immigration

• 1880 immigration increases greatly
• New immigrants from Italy and Eastern Europe
• New immigrants settled in cities because jobs
  were available

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Social Problems

• Cities grew so fast that public service agencies
  were overwhelmed
• Too little housing resulted in severe crowding
  and sanitation problems

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Problems with Cities

• High Crime
• Overcrowding
• Political Corruption
• Lack of sanitation and services

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Good things about Cities

• Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
• Electricity
• Indoor Plumbing
• Social Life
• Sense of community and belonging

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Political Corruption

• Political Machines controlled big cities
• Machines got votes by doing favors for people

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Business

• Growth of big business
• Wealth became more concentrated
• Workers did not share in the increased wealth
• 12 hour days, 6 day weeks
• Women/children

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Trusts

• Companies working together to remove competition
• Did bring some efficiency to industries and
  lowered some prices
• Mass produced goods

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Questions?