1. The Challenge of the Cities
Chapter 15 Section 3
The Challenge of the Cities

2. Suburb
Residential communities surrounding cities

3. Tenement
Low cost apartment buildings designed to house as many families as the owner could pack in

4. Dumbbell Tenement Named for its dumbbell shape
Each building narrowed in the middle, and gaps on either side formed air shafts to bring light and air inside the rooms

5. Describe living conditions in a dumbbell tenement
Overcrowded

6. How did Jacob Riis expose the conditions that existed in tenement houses?
Mastered new technology of flash photography

7. What were three technological developments that enabled cities to house more people?
Elevator
Subway

8. Political Machine
An unofficial city organization

9. What contributed to the rise of political machines?
As city governments grew in size, wealth, and power, they became

10. Who benefitted most from Boss Tweed’s control of New York City?
Tweed and his allies benefitted the most

11. Graft
The use of one’s job to gain

12. Why did some people criticize graft?
Graft is

13. List 4 challenges that people living in cities faced.
Overcrowding
Disease