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Title: Life in the Big City


1
Life in the Big City
  • Industrialization, Urbanization, and Immigration

2
Stats
  • Life expectancy
  • 1900
  • 46.3 yrs for men
  • 48.3 yrs for women
  • Family size
  • 5.7 kids for laborers
  • 5.2 children for skilled workers
  • Top 12 of nation controlled 86 of wealth in
    1900 lowest 44 controlled 1.5

3
Urbanization
  • Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis,
    Baltimore

4
Immigration
  • 1860-1890
  • After 1890 New immigrants
  • 1892
  • http//www.ellisisland.org/
  • 1910

5
Immigration (cont.)
6
Working class family life
7
Urban Problem 1 Housing
  • Shortage of quality, affordable housing
  • http//www.tenement.org/

8
Tenements
9
Urban Problem 2 Water
  • Skyrocketing population not enough clean
    drinking water

10
Urban Problem 3 Sanitation
11
Urban Problem 4 Political corruption
  • Political machines
  • Precinct captains
  • Ward bosses
  • City boss

12
Urban Problem 5 Crime
13
Urban Problem 6 Fire
14
Final questions
  • Whose responsibility is it to deal with these
    problems?
  • How does reform and positive change happen in
    America?
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