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UNIT #3 – URBANIZATION LESSON #3 - Urban Growth (118-121)
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New Plan for Composition Book:
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What were some of the problems associated with the fast growth of cities? What were the conditions of a home for a poor person in the city? NEW VOCABULARY Urban Skyscraper Tenement Political machine Graft
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Italian Immigrants Why are we concerned with the Italian immigration at the end of the 1800s? Why did most Italian immigrants become poor factory workers?
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Problems of Urbanization
Read p. 120 List the five problems associated with city living and urban growth.
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The “political machine”
Read p Define the term “political machine.” What did the immigrant gain from this system? Why did the “political boss” help immigrants and the poor?
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City Living… What can you tell about cities in the late 1800s from these pictures? (put your answer here)
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What was different about Upper and Middle class?
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Tenement Living Describe a “tenement.”
What would make it uncomfortable, and even unsafe?
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The Extreme Poor in America
How was life for the poorest Americans different than the Middle class?
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