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Chapter 18 Social Studies:ImmigrationRise of IndustryGrowth Of CitiesUrbanization
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Social Studies Chapter 18: Age of Industry
Hw #3 III. Cities Grow and Change
A. Rapid Growth of Cities 1. Urbanization 2. Growing Out and Up
B. Problems of Urban Life 1. Tenement Life 2. Improving City Life 3. Settlement Houses
C. The Excitement of City Life 1. Department Stores 2. Leisure Activities 3. Sports
1a. Cities grew rapidly after the Civil War because they attracted factories and people.
1b. Technology played a major role in urbanization. Skyscrapers required steel, elevators allowed
buildings to be built taller.
2a. Poor city dwellers lived in houses called tenements
2b. People wanted to live in cities in spite of harsh conditions because cities offered jobs
opportunity, and things to do.
4. Urbanization was the result of people moving into cities
5.People rode trolleys to the suburbs
6. Tenements were apartments used by the poor.
Lesson 1B: Voyage to America http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gregkrenzelok/The%20Steerage%20Experience.html
http://www.gjenvick.com/Steerage/#ax3 prJc WEp
http://www.ohranger.com/ellisisland/immigrationjourney Immigrants default choice was steerage. Steerage = 3rd Class Dark, cramped cargo area used to hold people. Wood was rotted No circulation Poor medical care Not enough tables to eat No windows/ below deck
Lesson 1C Ellis Island processing http://www.ohranger.com/ellisisland/immigrationjourney http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop1.htm
1.People awaited in the harbor to enter Ellis Island processing
2.When they arrived they were given identity tag
Baggage placed in baggage room
3. People climb stairs while doctors watch to see if anyone is out of breath
4. People enter registry room:
This is where Medical and legal inspections were conducted
5. 6 second physical medical exam:
An "X" = insanity. A "P" = pulmonary (lung)
6. Legal inspection:
29 questions Including:
Where were you born? Are you married? What is your occupation? Have you ever been convicted of a
crime? How much money do you have? What is your destination?
Legal detainees lived in a dorm, case would be reviewed in Hearing Room.
medical detainees at island's hospital or in quarantine
Afterward people would obtain their belongings and meet relatives.
Lesson 1D Tenement Life
http://www.ahsd.org/social_studies/geoffroys/New%20Immigrants%20in%20a%20Promised%20Land%20r
eading.pdf
https://www.tenement.org/research.html
http://www.ohranger.com/ellisisland/immigrationjourney No indoor plumbing Small, cramped, dark No windows beside parlor room, light source was from kerosene lamps Water came from back of building spigot Tenement heated from gas stove Poor ventilation
Positive and Negative Effects of Growing Cities Positive and Negative Effects of Growing Cities Overcrowded cities Growing poverty Poor living conditons Unsanitary Lack of facilities in tenements disease outbreaks High crime + Job oppurtunitiies leisure activities skyscrapers Education Better
Section 5 V. Education and Culture
A. Educating Americans 1. The School Day 2. Education for Adults
B. New American Writers 1. Realism 2. Mark Twain
C. A Newspaper Boom 1. Causes 2. A New Kind of Newspaper
Lesson 3: The Growth of Cities Relate to how each played a role in the Growth of Cities Urban population growth
Farmers: Farmers who failed came to work in factories Immigrants: Immigrants came from around the world looking for jobs and to escape persecutiom African Americans: recently freed slaves contributed to work force
Where did people live in Cities?
Poor Inner city tenement homes Middle Class Outer city Rich suburbs around city
Rapid Growth of cities leads to infrastructure problems
crime, fires, garbage, drinking water, sewage: public services departments that seeked to improve city life.
Religious organizations for poor: Mother cabrini, salvation army: organizations that helped the poor by providing them with goods and food. Settlement Housing and Reform: a center that offered help to the urban poor.
Section 5: Life in Changing Cities Lesson 5: Societal Life in Cities What was the new way of daily life in cities? Building the new skyscrapers : possible because of steel and elevators
Transportation growth
trolley cars : allowed people to commute to work from outside of city
subways: allowed people to get downtown faster
Public Parks: gave people who lived in urban centers fresh air and lanscape
Shopping : department stores combined different stores under same building into sections
Leisure Time
Sports: sports provided entertainment to factory workers who had time off
Theater: increase in leisure time brought interest to shows
Music : brought together culture
Start of Public Schools: schools were made mandatory
Typical School Day: ran from 8am to 4pm
Colleges and Trade Schools : used to expand knowladge in a specialised field/
Growth of:
Books: as people become more educated and learned how to read they gained interest in
books
Newspapers: newspaers had attractive headlines sold by newsies
American Writers: wrote upbeat stories
Paintersrealists: showed life from a perspective of facts and events.