CITIES GROW AND CHANGE

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CITIES GROW AND CHANGE

• Chapter 18, Section 3

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Size of the Cities

• 1880s cities limited in size because people
  had to walk to work

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Boise, Idaho 1908
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Elmira, New York 1880
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Chicago, Illinois 1890
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San Francisco, CA 1857
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New York City 1860
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Size of the Cities

• buildings smaller because limited to what a
  person could walk up

Inventions that increase size of
buildings Elevator Electricity Steel Beams
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Transportation

• Horses still were main form of transportation

Replaced By
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Development of Suburbs

• Streetcar allow people to move further from work
• Suburbs areas around fringe of city grow
  faster
• Suburbs were less crowded and dirty, single
  family homes possible

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Development of Suburbs

• Bridges connect cities to suburbs
• Suspension Bridges allow bridges to travel
  greater distances

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Brooklyn Bridge, 1890
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Bringing Nature to the City

• Reformers believe that trees and grass were
  necessary to keep people healthy

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Bringing Nature to the City

• 1853 New York City create Central Park
• hills created, trees, shrubs planted walkways
  made
• designed by Frederick Law Olmstead

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New Roles of Women

• Lower Class Women
• Many women worked in factories
• Traditional skills of women were taken by
  machines and immigrants

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New Roles of Women

• Upper Class Women
• Educated women usually went into teaching or
  nursing
• Women were expected to quit jobs and stay home if
  possible

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Settlement Houses

• Provided daycare, adult education and social
  clubs for poor

• Encourage playgrounds to be built
• Improve education
• Provide social services to the poor

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Jane Addams

• Created Hull House in Chicago
• help immigrants in the city
• provide place for educated women to do useful work

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Department Stores

• Newspaper advertisements allow stores to become
  more popular and attract more customers

• Brought people of all different classes together

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Sports become Popular

• Professional baseball begins in 1869
• Immigrants biggest fans
• Rooting for team gave people sense of belonging
  or identity

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Sports become Popular

• Football first started in 1869
• Rutgers v Princeton

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Sports become Popular

• Basketball begin in Massachusetts in 1891
• Provide indoor sport for winter

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Impact of Bicycles

• Were cheaper, more maneuverable than a horse
• Was fun and easy way to get around

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Vaudeville Theatre

• Vaudeville was a variety show with many different
  types of entertainment
• Dance, comedy, gymnastics, juggling
• Allow theatre for everyone

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Vaudeville Theatre
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Early Movies

• 1890s first movies start being developed
• nickelodeons showed short silent simple films
  for a nickel