urban living
One in three Americans (1/3)
In 1900s, Chicago became the center for what type of business?
Meat Packing
What is one of America’s most famous inventions and what two new technologies help create this invention?
Skyscrapers were made due to cheaper steel and the elevators.
By 1920, what percent or ratio were immigrants?
One in four people or 25 percent
Name six ways settlement hourse helped immigrants
1. Provide childcare
2. Provide education
3. Help Immigrants learn English and become American citizens
4. Help Immigrants find jobs
5. Sponsored Summer Camps and Playgrounds
6. Lending Libraries.
What is the name of the poor crowded section of a city, where it is run down and often have unsafe housing?
Slums
In 1900s, Pittsburg was the capital of what product?
Steel
What is the name of a reformer who founded the Full House in Chicago in 1889, the first settlement house in the US?
Jane Addams
What were some difficulties that new immigrants faced when they came to America?
Poor living conditions in overcrowded cities, low paying jobs in dangerous industries, discrimination, language barriers, and cultural differences.
Why did American-born citizens want immigration to end?
They believed immigrants are taking away jobs.
What is the name of an apartment building that is divided into many small crowded apartments?
Tenement
What place became the first American city to have electric streetcars?
Richmond, Virginia
This was named when a fire in 1871 destroyed a 3rd of this big city.
Great Chicago Fire
Why did immigrants form their own communities within cities?
Immigrants could live with others who spoke their language and follow their traditions.
How was immigration compromise reached in early 1900s?
A laws were passed to limit immigration from China and Europe.
In the late 1800s/early 1900s, what was the name of community centers for poor immigrants and others in need of child care, education and other needs?
Settlement houses
What allowed people to live in the suburbs and travel to the city for work?
Subway system
How many immigrants entered the US between 1870-1924?
26 Million People
What were the conditions of the tenement housing that immigrants usually ended up living in?
Tenement houses lacked heat and hot water. Bathrooms were often in the hallway and shared by several families. Crowded conditions caused quick spread of diseases.
A company that controls an entire business.
Monopoly
Water was brought to houses and factories in pipes. What was created to improve health in communities and built to carry the waste products away?
Sewers
What is the first city to have a Subway system in 1897?
Boston, Massachusetts
Where (two places) did most immigrants enter the US?
Ellis Island, New York City (East Coast of US) and Angel Island, San Francisco (West Coast of US)
What was the possible cause of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871?
Possible a nearby barn caught on fire and strong winds and drought cause the fire to spread to other buildings which were made of wood.
A business that is owned by individuals who invest in that company
Corporation