Chapter 19 Vocabulary
...pasta business which furnished the community's staple food. Since other food prices increased in the summer of 1914, Ventrone decided to raise his prices also. Angered by this, the people of Providence broke windows in a block of his, broke into his shop and dumped a stock of his macaroni into the street. The people told the police that the matter was an internal one to be solved by the community (Ventrone had violated their ethnic loyalty).The Providence "macaroni riot," was one of the millions of events that characterized life in an American city. Providence was increasing in size and ethnicity and the slow, quiet pace of village and farm life was disappearing. As cities grew, they became places of both opportunity and misery.
The electric trolley- Mass transportation was beginning to move people father and faster. Animals were insufficient to use because they had to be taken care of and fed constantly. As technology was beginning to advance entrepreneurs came up with new means of transportation. By thee 1860s, steam-powered commuter railroads were beginning to be used. In the 1890's, electric-powered street cars began replacing early forms of mass transit. Designed in Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond, Virginia, electric trolleys spread to every large American city. Since this occurred, horse-railway tracks began to disappear. Later on they were built under ground, but only in few cities.
The electric interurban railway- This was another form of mass transit which was more convenient, and also, it connected nearby cities. It was built over shorter distances than steam railroads, the interurban operated between cities where there was a growing population and it also furthered urban development by making such regions more attractive for settlers and businesses. An example would be the Pacific Electric Railway, which facilitated travel and...
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