"Identify and Analyze the factors that changed the American City in the second half of the nineteenth century:
Possible topics of discussion:
*growth of industry
• advent of the steam engine
• improved transportation: railroads; streetcars
• large factories
• increased immigration I
• port cities
• architectural changes: skyscrapers
• electric lights for commercial purposes
• urban planning
• tenements
• amusement parks (though this may be more an effect)
• theatres, museums
Resources:
The American Pageant Chapter 25
Sample Essays: Actual essays from "real" AP Students.
Online Lectures: Click the links below and listen to the lectures
Reading: The Rise of American Cities
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