1. Growth of Cities in late 1800

2. Booming Cities Cities growing at large rate Immigrants coming to U.S.
Transportation better
Move from rural to urban
Check out map and chart pg 223 in text.

3. Urbanization The movement of people from rural areas to cities.
Machinery allowed farms to need fewer workers.
Move to find work in factories.

4. Tenement housing Cities had shortage of housing
Built Tenement housing to help
Buildings divided up into small apartments
Quickly built/put anywhere could find place.

5. Many people lived in area
Many people lived in area. What words come to your mind when you see this?

6. What story have we read that reminds you of these images
What story have we read that reminds you of these images? How do you think they managed living in these tenements?

7. What problems do you think would happen in the cities because of growth and living in the tenement houses?

8. Many Problems Unsafe conditions
Spread of disease due to living together so closely
Cities became dirty.

9. Jane Addams
Helped immigrants
Built the settlement house/Hull House.

10. Settlement House Helped immigrants People with little money
Help find work
Housing
English classes
Daycare for children

11. What organizations today sounds similar to the work Jane Addams did in the 1800s?

12. Jacob Riis wrote book How the Other Half Live
Jacob Riis wrote book How the Other Half Live. Exposed conditions of immigrants

14. How do you think people felt after seeing these images?
Do you think that a change was needed in urban areas?
What do you think will happen?
How do you think the government responded to this?
Do you think things are better?