Chapter 21, Lesson 2 Cities. Rise of Cities ½ of Americans lived in urban (high pop. city) in 1910 Chicago, Detroit, NYC New machinery reduced need for.

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Chapter 21, Lesson 2 Cities

Rise of Cities ½ of Americans lived in urban (high pop. city) in 1910 Chicago, Detroit, NYC New machinery reduced need for farmers Many Afr Am moved north RR helped grow

Resources Chicago & Kansas City- cattle Pittsburgh- iron ore & coal NYC & San Francisco- seaports

City Life Most immigrants & poor lived in tenements (apartments) Crowded, run-down urban neighborhoods (slums) Middle class of people living comfortably but not wealthy Many moved from cities to residential areas outside city (suburbs)

Gilded Age Wealthy built huge mansions in cities and estates in the country

City Trouble Garbage & horse manure piled up Sewers couldn’t handle human waste Disease spread Poverty led to crime & gangs Settlement houses were homes that offered help to urban poor Chicago’s Hull House founded by Jane Addams

Changing Cities Lack of space led to building upward Iron frames & the Otis safety elevator helped 1884, William LeBaron Jenney builds 1 st skyscraper, 10 stories in Chicago 1913, NYC Woolworth Building, 55 stories Frederick Law Olmsted designed NYC’s Central Park

Transportation Street cars pulled by horses was common 1873-San Fran used cable cars Richmond, VA electric trolley car 1897-Boston subway or underground RR Eads Bridge in St Louis feet over Mississippi River Brooklyn Bridge connected Manhattan & Brooklyn 1883

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