The Other Half

Urbanization and the American Dream

Great Chicago Fire

Began on Oct. 8 and lasted until Oct. 10

Rumors Started by Mrs.

O’Leary’s cow Spread

Wood buildings Drought Winds Poor city management

Aftermath

4 sq. miles of city destroyed

About 300 killed $220 million in

damages 90,000 of cities

300,000 inhabitants homeless

Columbia Exposition

1893 Chicago hosts the Worlds Fair 400 Anniversary of

what? America on display

Greatness Power Grace Beauty Opportunity

Greatness?

The greatness of America Best of the world

combined into one nation

Criticism Reporter “Behind the

Stucco and plywood the world will never city the true Windy City of Chicago.”

The America Wanted

Growing middle class Managers Professionalization

Doctors Lawyers Teachers

Life Large homes Machines to make

life easier

Leisure

Time off spent experiencing the good life Sports

Baseball Rise of golf Tennis

Education Kids in school Rise of college

education

Education

Middle-class opportunities Increased importance on

education College

Philanthropy opened more schools

Increased participation by women Men trained for middle

and upper class positions

Women towards home making

African-Americans

Extremely difficult Jim Crow in the south Racism in the north

Booker T. Washington Opened the Tuskegee

Institute Focused on training

blacks in agriculture work

Atlanta Compromise Progress through work

not law suits and agitation

The Other Half

Jacob Riis Immigrant Hired a police

photographer Muckraker

Those who expose the wrongs

“How the Other Half Lives” Exposes how the rest

of America lives

Jobs

Rise of industry Decline of the farm

Immigration Coming to America for a better life Breaking the city into sections

Know the culture and language

Why so many in the Cities

Housing

Tenant Housing Small Crowded Safety

Falling apart Little regulation

Not enough Sanitation

Dumping feces into streets Water

Not enough and poor piping Crime

Problems

Corruption

Political Machines Run by the “Boss”

Provided services to those in need in return for votes

Immigrants Easy to dupe

New No understanding of

democratic gov’t In need

Boss provided and in return expected votes

Social Services

Conditions and needs brought about social reforms Upper class women

played the largest role Motherly/social duty

Jane Addams Hull House in Chicago

Settlement house Provided services like

educations, classes, and assistance to newly arriving immigrants