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What was the lure of the city in the late 19th century?
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Giltter and excitement, friends and relatives, greater opportunities for jobs and higher wages
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What were some of the innovations that made the city amazing?
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Skyscrapers, elevators, streetcars,
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What was housing like in the late 19th/early 10th centuries?
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Dumbbell tenements, overcrowding, poverty, cities stank because of horse manure and privies
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Why did millions of immigrants pour into America in the late 19th century?
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Unemployment, food shortages, threats of war
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What were their neighborhoods and city life like for immigrants?
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Usually very different from old traditions. different language. new set of customs. spoke native tongue. set up churches and schools.
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What new foods were Americans introduced to in the late 19th century?
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Cereal, ice cream, bananas, Coca-Cola
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What happened to health care in the late 19th century?
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Louis Pasteur discovery that germs cause infection and disease - led to vaccines. Infant mortality declined. Surgery became safer and painless.
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What cause did women rally around in the 1870's?
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Suffrage (right to vote), temperance (anti-alcohol), anti-war, birth control
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What new forms of leisure and entertainment did Americans begin to enjoy in the late 19th century?
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Baseball, football, basketball, boxing, board games, stereopticon (slide projector), croquet, bicycle tournaments, circus, fairs, balloon ascensions, horse racing
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Who was Susan B. Anthony, and what cause did she fight for?
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Veteran of many reform campaigns. womens right to vote (suffrage)
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What were the Civil Rights Cases?
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Court ruled that the 14th Amendment barred state gov'ts from discriminating on account of race but did not prevent private individuals or organizations.
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