Post on 26-Dec-2015
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CITY?
WHY?World’s most populated cities…
US most populated cities…
By 1900, most major US cities had a population of 500,000 and were
continuing to grow!
New York City - 8,336,697
New York City, 1900
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
How did cities have to change to accommodate the residents?
•Transportation Networks•Architecture•Mass Culture
Transportation
Mass Transit Railroad systems Subways (Boston) Trolleys Cable Cars
Since cities offered jobs, people flocked their and transportation had to accomodate their arrival and
movement through the city.
Architecture
Skyscrapers Suburbs
Most buildings were 5 stories at the time.
Mass Cultureleisure and cultural activities shared by many people
Newspapers and comic strips: Pulitzer and Hearst
Department Stores – Marshall Field World Fairs Amusement Parks Central ParkConey Island
Name that City
NYC
Chicago
PhiladelphiaBaltimore
Boston
ACTIVITY
Considering what we’ve learned…design
your own city.
HWBring in a Chicago World’s Fair 1893 story: Invention Innovation Designer Food vendors Crime Drama
How did cities have to change to accommodate population growth?
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Do Now
Count and list the totals: number of rooms in your
house, bathrooms, bedrooms, TVs, cars, and
pairs of shoes.
Welcome to your tenement.
Read the Chapter 20, Section 3 Summary
Create your own power point, just like Mrs. Cag’s
City Life
Tenements/Apartments – overcrowded, dark, unsanitary
Low trash standards No safety standards: no fire departments,
no clean water Plumbing was rare Diseases spread quickly: cholera,
thyphoid, influenza, tuberculosis 50% of babies died Air pollution
EVENTUALLY,
CONDITIONS
IMPROVED
Quiz time
19102013$23.00
$1.00
19102013$438.00($9 a week)
$23,602.00
19102013$0.32 $3.43
19102013$0.23 $1.23
19102013$60.00
$1300.00
12 Day Cruise
1910 2013 $1.15 Billion
$17 Trillion
National Debt
How have things improved?
Or did they just get worse?
Compare Contrast
• Small apartments• Lots of jobs• Mass transit• Crime• Culture communities• poverty
• Fire and health codes
• Less illness• Medical care• Lawsuits/
Regulations for change
What a difference a century makesThe average life expectancy for men was 47 years.Fuel for a car was sold in drug stores only.Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!Most women washed their hair once a month, and used egg yolks for shampoo.The Five leading causes of death were: 1. Pneumonia/influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. StrokeThe American flag had 45 stars.The population of Las Vegas , Nevada , was only 30!Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet.There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write and only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at drugstores.There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U. S. A. !
Homework
Write a compare and contrast paragraph about city life or immigration.