Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 15, Lesson 2: Moving into Industrial Cities (pp. 447-453)
I. Industrial Cities Develop
B. Some industrial cities specialized in one regional product or industry like steel (Pittsburgh), wheat (Minneapolis), or mining (Denver).
C. The use of steel frames led to the first skyscrapers and suspension bridges, which housed and helped move many of the new people living in cities.
II. Rural People Migrate to Cities
B. New farm machinery and the closing of small rural industries forced many rural people to look for work in cities.
B. A growing need for factory workers also brought Southern blacks to the industrial cities.
C. Organizations such as black churches and the newly-formed National Urban League helped blacks make a place for themselves in Northern cities.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. In the second half of the 1800s, many cities grew to become the centers of industry, often because of their locations on waterways or at railroad connections.
A. By 1900, transportation was cheap and practical, so many people moved to cities to seek employment.
III. Southern Blacks Move North
A. Because of crop failures, economic hardship, and violent prejudice by whites, many Southern blacks moved to Northern industrial cities between 1880 and 1920.
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