1. Rural to Urban Migration By: Monica Rizzo

2. Learning Goals Understand why people moved from villages to cities Understand urban living conditions Understand working conditions Understand conditions for children

3. Tenement Life Overcrowded Filthy Lack of Heat in Winter No Running Water No Flush Toilets Lack of or Contaminated Ventilation

6. Working Conditions

7. Sweatshops

8. Child Labor

10. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

11. Family Life Family no longer worked together on a farm Cottage industries disappeared Parents and children worked in factories Less time together

12. What was better? People ate better Sanitation improved Medical advances helped people be healthier Lifespan increased

13. Did Everyone Benefit

14. The business owners Best food Best homes Cleanest streets Financial benefits

15. The Workers Long working hours Hard labor Dangerous conditions Low wages

16. How does this compare to today?