Industrial and City Development

Reasons why cities developed.

1. Specialized industries.
2. Immigration.
3. The Great Migration of African Americans to the cities.
   

Challenges faced by cities.

1. Tenements and Ghetto.
2. Political Corruption (political machine)

Inventions that contributed to the growth of industry.

1. Lightning and mechanical use of electricity. (Thomas Edison)
2. Telephone service (Alexander Graham Bell) 

Negative Effects of Industrialization

1. Child labor
2. Low wages, long hours
3. Unsafe working conditions

Rise of organized labor

• The formation of unions- American Federation of Labor
• Strikes- Homestead Strik

Conflicts between cultures.

1. Reservations.
2. Little big horn
3. Chief Joseph
4. Discrimination against Chinese and Irish immigrants.