I. A New City Look. Unit 6: Development of an Industrial United States ( ) Part 7: Changes in American City Life" A. Skyscrapers: B.

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1 Unit 6: Development of an Industrial United States ( ) Part 7: Changes in American City Life" I. A New City Look Name: Period: Directions: Using images from magazines, create one Whole-Brain Connector for each section of the notes. No words may be used as connectors, images and pictures only. A Building boom changed American cities. A. Skyscrapers: 1. Using new technology, builders designed tall buildings with many floors supported by a lightweight steel frame. 2. The new carried people to the upper floors. B. Traffic: 1. Skyscrapers crowded more people into the downtown. Streetcars, or, moved people around town quickly and cleanly. Trolley lines could carry people from the city to its outskirts, which contributed to the creation of the suburbs. A is a residential area on or near the outskirts of a city. 2. Some cities built steam-driven passenger on elevated tracks. Boston built the first American.

2 3. Some cities needed ways to move people across rivers or bays. James B. Eads built a three-arched bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis. The linked Island and. C. Parks: 1. Some city planners believed that open land would busy city dwellers. Frederick Law Olmsted planned in New York City. Other cities followed and set aside land for and. D. Shopping: 1. In the past, people had bought different items in different stores. The new sold all kinds of goods in different departments of the same store. opened a nine-story department store in New York in Shopping started to become a popular.

3 II. Cities Offer Wide Entertainment Opportunities A. Music and Variety Shows 1. Many cities organized orchestras and companies. 2. Many people enjoyed, a variety show that included comedians, songand-dance routines, and acrobats. 3. Many of America s best-loved entertainers performed in vaudeville, the, and. B. Popular Music 1. Thomas Edison s sparked the music recording industry. Music could be played in homes through. 2. was a new kind of music with a lively, rhythmic sound. Pianist and composer helped make ragtime popular. (Most famous for his Maple Leaf Rag.)

4 3. Marching bands were popular. They played the military music of, who composed The Stars and Stripes Forever. III. Organized Sports in the Cities A. Factory work offered little chance to on the job. Sports provided an from the pressures of work. 1. was the most popular sport and the national pastime. By the 1870s, several cities had baseball teams and the first professional league was organized. 2. At first, African Americans played professional baseball. In time, the major leagues barred black players. In 1885, organized one of the first African American professional teams, the Cuban Giants of Long Island.

5 3. also became popular, especially at the college level. Football was a very simple, yet sometimes violent sport that evolved out of soccer. Early players did not wear and were frequently hurt. In one season, over 44 college players were killed due to. This led to colleges banning the sport and stricter rules of play being implemented. Professional teams would eventually be formed in throughout the U.S. 4. invented in He taught physical education at a Young Men s Christian Association (YMCA) in Massachusetts. He wanted a sport that could be played indoors in the. The sport eventually spread to and around the country.