6-2 Guided Reading
what did the cities have to offer that the rural areas did not?
bright lights, running water, modern plumbing, museums, libraries, and theaters
what type of mass transit was the first used in San Fransisco
cable cars
who was included in americas rising middle class
doctors, lawyers, engineers, managers, social workers, architects, and teachers
what was an example of outright fraud among party bosses
getting money through dishonest or questionable means
what was a political machine
informal political group designed to gain and keep power
what did most of the immigrants in the late 1800s lack?
money to buy farms & the education to obtain higher-paying jobs
what were 2 benefits of pollitical machines, according to their defenders
provided necessary services and helped to assimilate the masses of NYC dwellers
what did Jacob Riis accuse of causing poverty, corruption, ad suffering?
saloons for creating drunks
how many cities in 1990
1,700
# of US cities in 1840
131
what organization was headed by William "Boss Tweet"
NY Democratic Political machine
what were the living conditions of the working class
lived in crowded tenements-apartment buildings
who contribuited to the design of skyscrapers?
louis sullivan
what threats were presented by city living, especially for the working poor
pick pockets, swindlers, theives, murderers, disease and pollution
what happened to the murder rate between 1880-1900
went from 25 to 100/per million
what gave city landowners the incentive to grow upward rather than outward
when populations grew and the raised price of land