URBANIZATION

Part 2

Americans Migrate to the City Urban Population grew from 10 million to

30 million. 131 cities with populations of 2500 or

more in 1840 1700 cities with populations of 2500 or

more by 1900

Cities Change

Incentive to build upward rather than outward.

Skyscrapers began to appear

Home Insurance building was the first skyscraper, 10 stories

Louis Sullivan

Built Skyscrapers Lofty structures

included simple lines and big windows

Mass Transit

Horse car Railroad cars pulled by horses

Cable cars Pulled along tracks by underground cables

Elevated Railroad Chicago

Subway systems Boston and New York

High Society

Built houses to look like castles Chicago

Potter Palmer built a castle New York

Cornelius Vanderbilt, $3 million Two story dining room, a gymnasium and

marble bathroom Many people lived on $500/year

$360,000 on a dance

Middle Class Jobs

Doctors Lawyers Engineers Managers Social Workers Architects Teachers

The Working Class

Lived in tenements Crowded apartment buildings with multiple

families 3 out of 4 residents lived in tenements in

New York Extra space was rented to boarders to

help pay the rent

Urban Problems

Crime Thieves thrives in urban areas due to

crowded areas Alcohol contributed to the increase of

violent crimes Pollution

Improper sewage disposal Horse manure was left on the streets

Machine Politics Party bosses took over when the need for

government rose because of increased population.