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Chapter 15 Section 3
The Challenge of the Cities
Suburb
Residential
communities
surrounding cities
Tenement
Low cost apartment
buildings designed to
house as many
families as the owner
could pack in
Dumbbell Tenement
Named for its dumbbell
shape
Each building narrowed in
the middle, and gaps on
either side formed air
shafts to bring light and air
inside the rooms
Describe living conditions
in a dumbbell tenement
Overcrowded
How did Jacob Riis expose
the conditions that existed
in tenement houses?
Mastered
new
technology of flash
photography
What were three technological developments
that enabled cities to house more people?
Elevator
Subway
Political Machine
An
unofficial city
organization
What contributed to the
rise of political machines?
As
city
governments grew
in size, wealth, and
power, they became
Who benefitted most from
Boss Tweed’s control of
New York City?
Tweed
and his
allies benefitted the
most
Graft
The
use of one’s
job to gain
Why did some people
criticize graft?
Graft
is
List 4 challenges that
people living in cities
faced.
Overcrowding
Disease