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Urbanization Part II: Positive Effects US History.
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Urbanization Part II: Positive Effects
US History
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Transportation Improvements
• New York Central Rails– Connects NYC, Boston, Chicago
• Subway (IRT: Interborough Rapid Transit)– Connects outer boroughs to Manhattan
• Growth of the Bronx & Queens
– Safer than street cars; gets people off crowded streets (underground and/or elevated)
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Transportation Improvements
• Brooklyn Bridge– Connects Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn – Completed in 1883 – Built for trade purposes
• Goods could be transported even when East River was frozen
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Skyscrapers
• Skyscrapers– New engineering developments allowed for
taller buildings – Chicago and New York lead the way
• Compete for world’s tallest building title
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Skyscrapers
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Gas & Electric Lights
• Gas & Electric Lights– Extends the day– Makes cities safer at night– Development of General Electric & eventually Con
Edison
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Miscellaneous
• New Sewage Systems– Constructed to deal
with the increased amount of waste and skyscraper rain water run-off
• Parks– Built to provide urban
dwellers with open space– Central Park (Manhattan)– Prospect Park (Brooklyn)
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The Middle Class & Leisure
• The middle class grew during the Gilded Age– Doctors, lawyers, office workers, skilled laborers– Could afford better maintained housing filled with consumer
goods (sewing machines & phonograph)– Attended concerts, theatre, sporting events, and vaudeville
• VaudevilleVaudeville rapid succession of entertainers: jugglers, dancing bears, magicians, puppets, comedians, singer/dancers
– Sent children to schooling beyond the elementary level