Rural to Urban Migration

By: Monica Rizzo

Learning Goals

• Understand why people moved from villages to cities

• Understand urban living conditions• Understand working conditions• Understand conditions for children

Tenement Life

• Overcrowded• Filthy• Lack of Heat in Winter• No Running Water• No Flush Toilets• Lack of or Contaminated Ventilation

Working Conditions

Sweatshops

Child Labor

Child Labor

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Family Life

• Family no longer worked together on a farm• Cottage industries disappeared• Parents and children worked in factories• Less time together

What was better?

• People ate better• Sanitation improved• Medical advances helped people be healthier• Lifespan increased

Did Everyone Benefit

The business owners

• Best food• Best homes• Cleanest streets• Financial benefits

The Workers

• Long working hours• Hard labor• Dangerous conditions• Low wages

How does this compare to today?