Crowded Houses
What are tenements?
These crowded apartment buildings housed many immigrant families.
Workers often labored this many hours each day.
10–14 hours
These helped people travel around growing cities.
streetcars and subways
Before industrialization, many families worked together here.
farms or home workshops
This major period of change was called the ____ Revolution.
Industrial Revolution
Many tenements lacked this, causing disease to spread.
What is clean water/plumbing?
These workers were often hired because they could be paid less
children
This transportation system brought materials into cities.
Railroads
Industrialization caused families to spend this with each other.
less time
People moved to cities looking for these two things.
jobs and a better life
How many rooms did many families live in?
What is one or two rooms?
Factory jobs were dangerous because machines often lacked this.
safety protections
Transportation allowed workers to do this.
live farther from work and still commute
Children often had less time for these three things.
school, play, and rest
Name one struggle of city life during industrialization.
overcrowding, poverty, or unsafe conditions
This was one reason city housing became overcrowded.
rapid population growth/immigration
Why did entire families often work?
to earn enough money to survive
Without improved transportation, cities could not have done this as quickly.
expanded/grown
People who pushed for better laws for workers were called this.
Reformers
Immigrants and workers helped build these.
modern American cities
Why did many immigrants still choose to live in tenements despite harsh conditions?
they offered jobs and a better life?
Name two problems workers faced in factories.
ow pay, long hours, dangerous conditions
Name two ways transportation helped industrial growth.
moving workers and transporting goods/materials
How did industrialization change family life?
family members worked separate jobs and focused on survival
Daily Double! Explain one opportunity and one struggle of industrial city life.
jobs/new technology and crowding/unsafe work