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AMERICAN HISTORY IIMR. HOOD21 JANUARY 2014

7.2 THE CHALLENGES OF URBANIZATION

AMERICAN HISTORY IIMR. HOOD`S NOTES21 JANUARY 2014

MAIN IDEATHE RAPID GROWTH OF CITIES

FORCED PEOPLE TO CONTEND WITH PROBLEMS OF HOUSING,

TRANSPORTATION, WATER, AND SANITATION.

WHY IT MATTERS NOWCONSEQUENTLY, RESIDENTS OF U.S.

CITIES TODAY ENJOY VASTLY IMPROVED LIVING CONDITIONS.

INTRODUCTION

USA EXPERIENCED

TECNOLOGICAL BOOM

USA BECAME AN INDUSTRIAL

POWER

MORE IMMIGRANTS FLOCKED TO THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA

OBJECTIVE 1

DESCRIBE THE MOVEMENT OF

IMMIGRANTS TO CITIES AND THE

OPPORTUNITIES THEY FOUND THERE

THE USA EXPERIENCED RAPID

URBANIZATION

URBANIZATION IS THE GROWTH OF

CITIES

MILLIONS OF IMMIGRANTS BECAME

CITY DWELLERS

CITIES CHEAPEST AND MOST CONVENIENT PLACE

TO LIVE

CITIES ALSO OFFERED UNSKILLED LABORERS

STEADY JOBS

IMMIGRANT WORKERS

FOUND IN MILLS + FACTORIES

SOON TWICE AS MANY IRISH IN NEW YORK CITY THAN

DUBLIN

IMMIGRANTS MADE UP MORE THAN HALF OF MANY MAJOR US

CITIES

LED TO GOVERNMENT PROGRAM

AMERICANIZATION MOVEMENT

ASSIMILATE MANY CULTURES INTO DOMINANT

US CULTURE

PROVIDED PROGRAMS TO TEACH

IMMIGRANTS

ENGLISH LITERACY, AMERICAN HISTORY, AMERICAN

GOVERNMENT

LEARN THE WAYS OF

NATIVE-BORN AMERICANS

BUT MANY IMMIGRANTS REFUSED TO ABANDON THEIR

TRADITIONS

THEY STUCK TOGETHER

SPOKE OWN LANGUAGE, PRACTICED OWN

CUSTOMS + RELIGION

NEIGHBOURHOODS SOON BECAME OVERCROWDED

INTENSIFIED BY MORE PEOPLE ARRIVING FROM

RURAL AREAS

FARMERS MOVED TO CITIES

INCLUDING MANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS

AFRICAN-AMERICANS FACED SEGRATION +

DISCRIMINATION

OBJECTIVE 2

EXPLAIN HOW CITIES DEALT WITH HOUSING,

TRANSPORTATION, SANITATION AND SAFETY ISSUES

URBAN POPULATION SKYROCKETED

GOVERNMENT FACED A MAJOR PROBLEM

NEEDED TO PROVIDE SAFE

LIVING CONDITIONS + SERVICES

1 - HOUSING

NEW HOUSING DESIGNED ROW HOUSES

AND TENEMENTS

BUT HOUSING OVERCROWDED

AND UNSANITARY

LAWS SOON PASSED FOR VENTILATION AND

PLUMBING

2 - TRANSPORTATION

CITIES EXPERIENCED INNOVATIONS

IN MASS TRANSIT

ELECTRIC STREET CARS

FOLLOWED BY ELECTRIC SUBWAY

ENABLED WORKERS TO GET TO + FROM WORK MORE

EASILY

3 - WATER

CITIES NEEDED SAFE DRINKING WATER

BUILT PUBLIC WATER WORKS

BUT MOST COLLECTED

WATER FROM STREET FAUCETS

SAFE WATER NEEDED

TO CONTROL DISEASES

WATER FILTRATION + CHLORINATION

INTRODUCED

4 - SANITATION

DIFFICULT TO KEEP CITIES CLEAN

HORSE MANURE, SEWAGE, SMOKE +

GARBAGE

SO CITIES FOUNDED SANITATION

DEPARTMENTS

5 - CRIME

CITIES HAD MANY PICKPOCKETS

+ THIEFS

CITIES ORGANIZED 1ST FULL-

TIME, SALARIED POLICE

BUT POLICE HAD LITTLE IMPACT ON

CRIME

6 - FIRE

CANDLES AND KEROSENE CAUSED MANY CITY FIRES

LIMITED WATER SUPPLY MEANT

DANGEROUS FIRES

CITIES ORGANIZED FIRST FULL-TIME FIRE

FIGHTERS

OBJECTIVE 3

DESCRIBE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS

AND PEOPLE WHO OFFERED HELP TO

URBAN IMMIGRANTS

CITY PROBLEMS MOUNTED

CONCERNED AMERICANS WORKED TO FIND

SOLUTIONS

SOCIAL WELFARE

RELIEVE URBAN POVERTY

SETTLEMENT HOUSE MOVEMENT,

ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE IN THE AREA

MOVEMENT TO CULTIVATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS

URBAN POOR

TODAY`S ACTIVITYOBJECTIVE

UNDERSTAND HOW CITIES RESPONDED TO URBANIZATION

ACTIVITYCREATE A 1 PAGE (NOTEBOOK) POSTER ADVERTISING

THE BENEFITS OF YOUR ASSIGNED TOPIC.

ASSIGNMENTSVIKINGS: TENEMENT HOUSING + WATER

COWS: ELECTRIC SUBWAY SYSTEMPRIME GENERATION: GARBAGE COLLECTION

DELTAS: POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENTS

GRADING GUIDEPASS OR FAIL BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

INFORMATION, EFFORT AND TIME MANAGEMENT