Urbanization - Mind Map

3 months ago by: Chase Doles

as populations grew demand raised prices of land causing owners to build upward instead of out ward saving money
ten story Home insurance building built in 1885 in Chicago was the first skyscraper
Chicagos own Louis Sullivan contributed more to skyscrapers more than anyone else. he used simple lines and spacious windows using plate glass in his designs

High society: during the last half of the 1800s the wealthiest families established fashionable districts inthe hearts of cities.
Middle-Class Gentility:American industrializationnot only made the wealth of people like Potter Palmer possible; it also helped create a growing middle class.

The Working Class:The majority of American citydwellers at the turn of the century would have consider red an eight-room house an absolute luxury. In New York, three out of four residents squeezed intotenements, dark and crowded multi-family apartments.

After the Civil War ended, about three decades, American city's grew in population. For example, New York City, had a population of around 800,000 in 1860, grew to nearly 3.5 million by 1900.

A man named Lloyd Wright Studied Chicago's population. The city swelled from 109,000 residents in 1860, to more than 1.6 million by 1900.
The United States went from around 131 cities to over 1,700 within 60 years. The population grew at a high, and steady pase.
The reasoning for all of the fast growing population in cities? Money. It was a hard living for most people to live out in the country unless you were a farmer or rancher. There were more job opportunities in the city.

The bosses who ran the political machines also controlled the city's finances. Many machine politicians as a result of fraud or graft
The political machine an informal political group designed to gain and keep power
A new kind of political system developed to meet these urban problems. This system provided essential city services in return for political power

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