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Urbanization and Social Reform
Chapter 3 Section 4
Lecture Focus Question
◆How did Progressives work to help the urban poor? Explain.
Americans Migrate to the City
◆ Most immigrants got jobs in factories cities grew
◆ Rural Americans also moved to cities for better-paying jobs
◆ Cities had much to offer◆ Electric lights, running water, etc
◆ Land value rose, nowhere to build but up
◆ Skyscrapers: tall steel-framed buildings
Class Separation
Middle class expanded doctors, lawyers, social workers,
architects, teachers often moved away from city center to
escape crime and pollution and to afford larger homes
Wealthiest families established “fashionable” districts in the heart of the city
Women’s clubs: groups of wealthy women who were active in charitable reform in their city
◆Tenements were owned by landlords who lived far away.◆Families had to live within walking distance of factories◆Few windows and poor sanitary conditions◆Typically housed multiple families in one apartment
Living Conditions
SThe majority of people who
lived in tenements were
immigrants.
Journalists Uncover Injustices
◆Muckrakers: journalists and writers who dramatized the need for reform◆Upton Sinclair
◆“The Jungle”◆Revealed unsanitary practices in meatpacking industry
◆Jacob Riis◆“How the Other Half Lives”◆Lack of sanitation and safety in tenements
Social Gospel Movement
◆Social Gospel: idea that Christianity (charity & justice) should be the basis for reform◆Ex: Jane Addams & settlement house movement
Progressivism: movement founded on belief that new ideas & honest, efficient govt could bring about social justice in response to problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, and immigration
The Drive For Reform
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Directions: Make a list of things (at least 3) the following two items have in common with each other:
Progressivism and a Broom
The Struggle Against Discrimination
◆Americanization: process of helping immigrants to assimilate◆English classes◆Cooking classes◆Hygiene classes
Women Make Progress
◆Women’s Christian Temperance Union(WCTU): wanted to make alcohol illegal◆Margaret Sanger: opened 1st birth control clinic◆Ida B. Wells: formed National Association of Colored Women
◆National Woman’s Suffrage Association(NAWSA): fought for women’s suffrage◆National Woman’s Party (NWP): 1st group to march with picket signs in front of the White House
19th Amendment: passed in 1920, gave women the constitutional right to vote
Victory!
Simon Says…
SThe freedom women felt as a
result of the 19th Amendment
would later open the door to
1920s flapper culture.
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Summary These notes were about…
(Main Idea Use the WIN
strategy!)
(1-2 sent.) W.I.N. strategy:
WHO/WHAT - Figure out the most important who or what (topic) INFORMATION - Figure out the most important information about the who
or what
NUMBER OF WORDS - Write the main idea using the fewest possible number of words
Lecture Focus Question
◆How did Progressives
work to help the urban
poor? Explain.◆Response = 3-4 well thought out sentences
minimum! (topic sentence + supporting details)
Notes Grading Rubric
MIS: missing
INC: incomplete
✔: complete