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Transcript of AHTWO: 7.2 CHALLENGES OF URBANIZATION
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7.2 THE CHALLENGES OF URBANIZATION
TEXTBOOK PAGE 262
THEN START READING SECTION
NOTES BEGIN AT 10.12
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