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Life in the CitiesLife in the Cities
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City Growth• 1880 rural population = 1880 rural population = 74%74%• 1910s rural population = 1910s rural population = 54%54%
• Great migration of southern blacksGreat migration of southern blacks– 2 phases (1890, 1910s) – movement of southern
blacks to northern and Midwestern cities.
• Advances in transportation– Suburbs – Kingwood
• Skyscrapers & elevators– Buildings can be taller and cites can be more dense
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Where do poor people live?
• TenementsTenements– Low-cost apartment buildings designed to
house as many families as the owner could pack in
• Severe overcrowding• Few trees, little grass• Dark, foul air from coal engines & boilers• Open sewers attracted rats (diseases)• Small fires become large fires quickly• Contagious diseases spread easily
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“Late one night, when we were all in bed,
Mrs. O'Leary lit a lantern in the shed.Her cow kicked it over,
Then winked her eye and said,
"There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!"
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How can we improve this?• “Lack of ventilation = main problem”
• Solution = dumbbell tenementsSolution = dumbbell tenements– Wasted because of trash
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Do we just not know about it?
1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (slaves)
2. A Century of Dishonor (Indians)
3. How the Other Half Lives (urban poor)• Jacob Riis, reporter, publishes book in 1890• Describes living conditions in cities• Led to legislation to improve tenements
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Rise of Political Machines• Boss Tweed and
Tammany Hall
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• Helped many immigrants who were “fresh off the boat” in exchange for their votes
• Filled the void left be social services
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• Extremely corrupt
• Controlled local politics
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ReactionsReactions
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Addressing the ProblemsAddressing the Problems• Appalling living conditionsAppalling living conditions
– Gov’t doesn’t do anything– Organizations form to address the issues
• Attempt #1COS – NY Charity Organization SocietyCOS – NY Charity Organization Society– Detailed files– Some people unworthy of help– Aimed to Americanize– Mixed feelings among immigrants
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Addressing the ProblemsAddressing the Problems• Appalling living conditionsAppalling living conditions
– Gov’t doesn’t do anything– Organizations form to address the issues
• Attempt #1COS – NY Charity Organization SocietyCOS – NY Charity Organization Society– Detailed files– Some people unworthy of help– Aimed to Americanize– Mixed feelings among immigrants
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Addressing the ProblemsAddressing the Problems• Attempt #3
Settlement House MovementSettlement House Movement– Settlement house = community center in
poor area of town, offering social services• “Simply giving money to poor never helped”
– Hull House established by Jane Addams• Initially just to get to know neighbors• Grew into huge community center over the years
– 400 settlement houses by 1910• Worked by recent college grads and women
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Other reactionsOther reactions• Sociology – study of society
• Nativism – favoring native-born Americans– American Protective Association
• Secret society, targeted immigrants & Catholics• Oath to only hire & vote Protestants• Supported teaching of only American culture &
English language in schools
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Other reactionsOther reactions• Temperance Movement
– Organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption
– Several different groups
• Purity crusaders– Drugs, gambling, prostitution, other vices– Make America moral, again!– Attacked political machines that seemed to
profit from vice