Chapter 25 America Moves to the City (1865 ? 1900) The Growth of Cities 1st sky-scraper built in Chicago in 1885 Aspects of cities Electric trolleys Residential neighborhoods segregated by race Industrial jobs drew people from the country Cities gave women economic opportunity and independence Social workers, secretaries, stenographers, etc. Rural ?general stores? replaced by Sears and Montgomery Ward mail order catalogues What stores are replacing ?mom and pop? stores today? Issues in city life Waste disposal Criminals flourished Uncollected garbage Population explosion Tenement housing The New Immigration Old Immigration: Before 1880 Mostly British and Western European Usually Protestant (some German and Irish Catholics) High rate of literacy