J. Kelly Robison

Urbanization in the Gilded Age

  1. Growth of the Cities
    1. Population Growth
    2. Housing
    3. Mass Transportation
    4. City Planning
  2. Perennial Problems of the Cities
    1. Housing Shortages
    2. Health Crises
    3. Crime and Poverty
  3. City Politics in the Gilded Age
    1. The Political Machines
    2. Machine Benevolence
    3. Machine Corruption

Identification Terms:

tenements street cars "Boss Government"
Tammany Hall skyscrapers

Essay Questions:

What was and what brought about the modern city and what factors accounted for the urban explosion of the late nineteenth century?

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