https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg en-us 2019-02-26 17:17:18 UTC 2025-12-23 20:10:01 UTC hello@padlet.com 20benaquistak https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/335493618 Laborers making neckties in a filthy workplace.]]> 2019-02-26 17:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/335493618 20benaquistak https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/335499229 "New York had some 150,000 [horses]... each producing between twenty and twenty-five pounds of manure a day. These dumplings were numerous on every street, attracting swarms of flies and radiating a powerful stench."  The  quality of city streets were so terrible in this time.
The Good Ole Days - They Were Terrible!]]> 2019-02-26 17:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/335499229 20haddene https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/335499525 Children sleeping on Mulberry Street, by Jacob Riis]]> 2019-02-26 17:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/335499525 20heddenm https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/335501361 2019-02-26 17:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/335501361 20heddenm https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336037124 2019-02-27 17:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336037124 20benaquistak https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336037204 A street vendor at an Italian Feast]]> 2019-02-27 17:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336037204 20benaquistak https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336038962 New York to Paris Auto Race]]> 2019-02-27 17:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336038962 20benaquistak https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336162093 Throughout the late 1800's and early 1900's, the urban population in America surpassed that of rural areas.]]> 2019-02-27 21:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336162093 20benaquistak https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336191609 Founded in 1880, Solvay Process Co. produces mainly sodium carbonate. This is an example of industrial growth in urban areas in the late 1800's.]]> 2019-02-27 23:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336191609 20benaquistak https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336195837 "Cities offered electricity, running water, and modern plumbing. They were also home to cultural attractions such as museums and libraries." These changes in quality of life changed drastically from a rural lifestyle.]]> 2019-02-27 23:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336195837 20benaquistak https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336198098 In each city, there were areas called slums that were filled with "pitiful wreckage lacking sanitation, drainage, ventilation, light, and safety."
The Good Ole Days - They Were Terrible!]]> 2019-02-27 23:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336198098 20benaquistak https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336648331 As society is growing in its advancements in industry, the life expectancy of the population also increased. This is partially because of evolving medicine, but also because the growth of sanitation of the public.]]> 2019-02-28 21:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336648331 20benaquistak https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336650405 "Most people didn't own or even have access to a bath tub: In fact, having running water at all was pretty much a luxury well into the first couple decades of the [19th] century...only 14% of homes between 1900 and 1920 had one."]]> 2019-02-28 21:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336650405 20benaquistak https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336652946 "Many children didn't go to school...Instead, they were performing manual labor in factories and on their family farms."]]> 2019-02-28 21:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336652946 20haddene https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336692886 Due to incidents in the workplace and overall growing support of laborers, the number of child laborers started decreasing at the beginning of the 1900s.]]> 2019-03-01 00:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336692886 20haddene https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336695241 "The United States...experienced increasing smoke problems as Midwestern cities industrialized and began to burn abundant soft coal, called bituminous coal, which created a great deal of smoke....Although several cities passed anti-smoke ordinances during the late 1800s, efforts to reduce smoke emissions were hindered..."]]> 2019-03-01 00:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336695241 20haddene https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336699365 Madison Square Park]]> 2019-03-01 00:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336699365 20haddene https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336700394 6th Avenue Christmas Shoppers]]> 2019-03-01 01:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336700394 20heddenm https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336739624 At the beginning of the 1900s, there were about 14,000 chimneys lining the Monongahela Valley in Pittsburgh. The smoke that was continuously produced by these chimneys made it next to impossible for workers to breathe. ]]> 2019-03-01 05:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336739624 20heddenm https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336740441 2019-03-01 05:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336740441 20heddenm https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336741161 This graph shows the quickly increasing numbers of immigrants flooding the United States from the late 1800s until the 1930s. This time period is known for extremely large numbers of immigrants. ]]> 2019-03-01 05:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20benaquistak/39ub68havtmg/wish/336741161