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The Age of the City
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Urbanization MigrationImmigrationAssimilationExclusion American Protective Association Immigration Restriction League
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Redefining the city Public Parks Frederick Law Olmstead Public cultural centers Philanthropy 1893 Columbian Exposition of Chicago
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Redefining the City Housing Developments Suburbs Tenement buildings Jacob Riis InfrastructureTransportation Roads & bridges Brooklyn Bridge Skyscrapers
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Tenement Building in New York
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Child Labor in the Textile Mills
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Frederick Law Olmstead
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Jacob Riis’ Photographs
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Children on the street
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The Bar Room
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Impoverished Workers
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Brooklyn Bridge
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Problems of the City Disasters Great Fires ChicagoEarthquakes
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“There’ll be a hot time in the ole town tonight”
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Great Chicago Fire
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Great White City—Rebuilding for World’s Fair 1893
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San Francisco Earthquake 1906
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Earthquake 1906
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Problems of the city (con’t) Department of Water Works Medical and sanitation advances Medical and sanitation advancesCrimePoverty “deserving poor” Salvation Army Crime rate increases Political machine William M. Tweed
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Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall
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Boss Tweed
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Tweed a favorite of Thomas Nast
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