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Urban characteristics
Megalopolis.Megalopolis. Mass Transit.Mass Transit. Magnet for economic and Magnet for economic and
social opportunities.social opportunities. Pronounced class distinctions.Pronounced class distinctions.
- Inner & outer core - Inner & outer core New frontier of opportunity New frontier of opportunity
for women.for women. Squalid living conditions for Squalid living conditions for
many.many. Political machines.Political machines. Ethnic neighborhoods.Ethnic neighborhoods.
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The Streetcar
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Zones of Emergence
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Vanderbilt Mansion NYC
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Louis SullivanLouis Sullivan 1856 – 19241856 – 1924
The ChicagoThe ChicagoSchool ofSchool ofArchitecturArchitecturee
Form Form followsfollowsfunction!function!
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Louis Sullivan: Carson, Pirie, Louis Sullivan: Carson, Pirie, Scott Scott Dept. Store, Chicago, 1899Dept. Store, Chicago, 1899
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D. H. BurnhamD. H. Burnham
1846 – 19121846 – 19121846 – 19121846 – 1912
Use of steelUse of steelas a superas a superstructure.structure.
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FlatironFlatironBuilding Building
NYC – 1902NYC – 1902
D. H. D. H. BurnhamBurnham
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Frank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd Wright 1869 – 19591869 – 1959
““Prairie Prairie House”House”School of School of ArchitectureArchitecture
““OrganicOrganicArchitectureArchitecture””
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Frank Lloyd Wright:Frank Lloyd Wright:Allen-Lamb House, 1915Allen-Lamb House, 1915
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Frank Lloyd Wright:Frank Lloyd Wright:“Falling Waters”, 1936“Falling Waters”, 1936
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Interior of “Falling Interior of “Falling Waters”Waters”
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F. L. Wright FurnitureF. L. Wright Furniture
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Frank Lloyd Wright:Frank Lloyd Wright:Guggenheim Museum, NYC - Guggenheim Museum, NYC - 19591959
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John A. Roebling:John A. Roebling:The Brooklyn Bridge, The Brooklyn Bridge, 18831883
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Steiglitz - NYC
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The White City
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Frederick law Olmstead Landscape Architecture- Green Space
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““Dumbell “ TenementDumbell “ Tenement
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““Dumbell “ Tenement, NYCDumbell “ Tenement, NYC
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Jacob Riis: Jacob Riis:
How the How the Other Half Other Half
LivedLived(1890)(1890)
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Tenement Slum LivingTenement Slum Living
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Lodgers Huddled Lodgers Huddled TogetherTogether
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Tenement Slum LivingTenement Slum Living
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Hester Street
Jewish Section
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Chinatown
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Urban Growth 1870-1900
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Morals: Birth Control Battle
Comstock Sanger
Comstock Law
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The Political Machine
Bossism – filled a power vacuum Politics as a business Cities grew quickly – had no
services or infrastructure Bosses gave structure and order Provided – services, social
services, infrastructure development, identity
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Boss Tweed Frequent target of Thomas Nast
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Political Issues Pensions Rights for African Americans Tariffs – McKinley Tariff Monopolies and trusts – abuse of power Monetary Policy – Sherman Silver Purchase “Politics of Equilibrium” – stalemate
Patronage, ideology, culture, campaign style
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Impact
Bosses gain votes, power, money
“good honest graft” Gave the city form and identity Corrupt – but did provide
development and services The machine – precinct, ward
bosses – tied to the Mayor KC = Pendergast machine
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Voting Blocks
DemocraticBloc
DemocraticBloc
RepublicanBloc
RepublicanBloc
White southerners(preservation ofwhite supremacy)
Catholics
Recent immigrants(esp. Jews)
Urban working poor (pro-labor)
Most farmers
Northern whites(pro-business)
African Americans
Northern Protestants
Old WASPs (supportfor anti-immigrant laws)
Most of the middleclass
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Laissez Faire Federal Laissez Faire Federal Govt.Govt. Laissez Faire Federal Laissez Faire Federal Govt.Govt.
From 1870-1900 Govt. did verylittle domestically.
Main duties of the federal govt.: Deliver the mail. Maintain a national military. Collect taxes & tariffs. Conduct a foreign policy.
Exception administer the annual Civil War veterans’ pension.
Presidency – symbolic office
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Patronage & Civil Service Reform Stalwarts
Half breeds
Mugwumps
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Pendleton Act 1883 Pendleton Act 1883 Pendleton Act 1883 Pendleton Act 1883
Civil Service Act.
The “Magna Carta” of civil service reform.
1883 14,000 out of117,000 federal govt.jobs became civilservice exam positions.
1900 100,000 out of 200,000 civil service federal govt. jobs.
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Changing Public Changing Public OpinionOpinionChanging Public Changing Public OpinionOpinion Americans wanted the federal govt. to
dealwith growing soc. & eco. problems & to curbthe power of the trusts: Interstate Commerce Act – 1887 Sherman Antitrust Act – 1890 McKinley Tariff – 1890
Based on the theory that prosperityflowed directly from protectionism.
Increased already high rates another 4%!
Rep. Party suffered big losses in 1890 (evenMcKinley lost his House seat!).
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Supreme Court Supreme Court DecisionsDecisions
Supreme Court Supreme Court DecisionsDecisions Munn vs. IllinoisMunn vs. Illinois (1877) (1877)
- GrangerLaw- GrangerLaw
Wabash, St. Louis, & Wabash, St. Louis, & Pacific Railroad Pacific Railroad Company vs. IllinoisCompany vs. Illinois (1886)(1886) == ==ICCICC
US V EC Knight(1895)US V EC Knight(1895)
Pollack V Farm Loan & Pollack V Farm Loan & Trust(1895)Trust(1895)
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Depression 1893-1901unprecedented length & severity
Underlying Issues Agricultural
depression European
depression Structural flaws Over investment
and over development (rr)
Interconnected economy
Impact Corporate failures SM crash Banks close and
contract credit 22% unemployment Panic, sense of
crisis Strikes Fear of class
warfare or revolution
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Response
Cleveland – monetary policy Au only
Pullman Strike/UMW strikes 1894
Coxey’s Army 1894
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Coxey’s Army