Do reading strategy p. 590 Urban Problem #1

Cities grew very quickly between 1860 and 1910.

Do reading strategy p. 590 Urban Problem #2

Transportation wasn't adequate to handle crowds at first.

Do reading strategy p. 590 Urban Problem #3

Overcrowded housing resulted from quick rise in population.

Graph Skills About how many more people lived in urban areas in 1900 than in 1860?

About 25 million people more lived in urban areas in 1900 than in 1860

Sec. 2 Assessment Voc. 1 tenament

a building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety

Sec. 2 Assessment Voc. 2 slum

poor, crowded and run-down urban neighborhoods

Sec. 2 Assessment Voc. 3 suburb

residential areas that spring up close to or surrounding cities as a result in transportion

Sec. 2 Assessment Voc. 4 settlement house

institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided numerous services such as medical care, child care, libraries and classes in English.

3. What improvements in transportation helped cities and suburbs grow?

Streetcars and paving streets helped improve transportation between cities and suburbs.

4. How did the efforts of religious groups help those living in poverty?

The YMCA or YWCA offered safe areas for children to play in, and other religious groups provided or helped orphanages, prisons, and hospitals.

5. Describe three efforts made to improve living conditions in the city.

Three efforts that helped improve living conditions were: New types of high rise buildings, new kinds of public transportation like the streetcars, and public parks.

6. p. 591 What was the range of urban population between 1890 and 1900?

The range increased by 15 million.

6. p. 591 About how many more people lived in rural than in urban areas in 1860?

About 17 million more people lived in rural areas than in urban areas in 1860.

1. The subject of the graph is about Immigration to the United States2. On the horizontal line, the numbers represent the year. The vertical line represents Immigrants- by area of origins ( by thousands)

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3. In 1870, immigration from northern and western Europe peaked4. In 1890, immigration from Asia, Africa and South AMerica was at its lowest5. Immigration from eastern and southern Europe spiked in the decades 1900-1910 and 1910-1920.

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rd strat p. 590, gr sks p. 591, sec. 2 1-6, inter. act., skbuil. p. 596

Question	Answer
Do reading strategy p. 590 Urban Problem #1	Cities grew very quickly between 1860 and 1910.
Do reading strategy p. 590 Urban Problem #2	Transportation wasn't adequate to handle crowds at first.
Do reading strategy p. 590 Urban Problem #3	Overcrowded housing resulted from quick rise in population.
Graph Skills About how many more people lived in urban areas in 1900 than in 1860?	About 25 million people more lived in urban areas in 1900 than in 1860
Sec. 2 Assessment Voc. 1 tenament	a building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety
Sec. 2 Assessment Voc. 2 slum	poor, crowded and run-down urban neighborhoods
Sec. 2 Assessment Voc. 3 suburb	residential areas that spring up close to or surrounding cities as a result in transportion
Sec. 2 Assessment Voc. 4 settlement house	institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided numerous services such as medical care, child care, libraries and classes in English.
2. Who founded the Hull House?	Jane Addams
3. What improvements in transportation helped cities and suburbs grow?	Streetcars and paving streets helped improve transportation between cities and suburbs.
4. How did the efforts of religious groups help those living in poverty?	The YMCA or YWCA offered safe areas for children to play in, and other religious groups provided or helped orphanages, prisons, and hospitals.
5. Describe three efforts made to improve living conditions in the city.	Three efforts that helped improve living conditions were: New types of high rise buildings, new kinds of public transportation like the streetcars, and public parks.
6. p. 591 What was the range of urban population between 1890 and 1900?	The range increased by 15 million.
6. p. 591 About how many more people lived in rural than in urban areas in 1860?	About 17 million more people lived in rural areas than in urban areas in 1860.
Interdisc. Act. see separate sheet.
SKillbuilder p. 596	1. The subject of the graph is about Immigration to the United States2. On the horizontal line, the numbers represent the year. The vertical line represents Immigrants- by area of origins ( by thousands)
Skillbuilder continued	3. In 1870, immigration from northern and western Europe peaked4. In 1890, immigration from Asia, Africa and South AMerica was at its lowest5. Immigration from eastern and southern Europe spiked in the decades 1900-1910 and 1910-1920.

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