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This is the first 1,000 characters of 466 words (1.86 pages) in the essay titled Election Between 1865 and 1900 American cities changed drastically. The development was at its fastest moving point. For example, in 1860 only fifty-eight cities in the country had a population between ten and 50 thousand people. This number by 1900 was up to 369. With this rapid population growth came a need for development in these cities. Electronic trolleys were invented to eliminate the tons of waste from horsecars that had for decades fouled city streets. This also caused congestion however, and to relieve this congestion large cities such as New York elevated portions of transit systems and in turn put communities under noisy and rickety platforms. City sanitation also changed during this forty-year period. By the 1880s bathrooms with showers and flush toilets had become standard features in hospitals and many middle-class homes. Life became a bit turbulent at times with the problem of overpopulation and poor housing. Chicago’s population was increased twenty times it’s size over this short period of time. Urban life was not the same for everyone. Until 1889, women’s life in urban areas was much different. That year, Jane Addams founded one the first settlement houses called “Hull House” in Chicago. These houses gave women the birth of a feeling of power in the “real world”. AN advantage to living in these urban areas was the close proximity to everything. Nearby open land was now urbanized and used as a place for leisure activities to shy away from the stresses... |
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Keywords: rapid population growth, urban areas, vaudeville, congestion, jane addams, settlement houses, moving point, chicagos, space one, overpopulation, shy away, 1880s, close proximity, twenty times, transit systems, city streets, leisure activities, urban life