Introduction

The time period during the late 1800's and the early 1900's was a period of tremendous change, conflict, expansion and mechanical inventiveness. In the global arena, the United States was becoming a world power and on the home front, cities were taking control. New agricultural inventions were forcing laborers out of the country side, while the latest industrial machinery was bringing the needy workers into the cities. The factories were located in areas near necessary resources and transportation. Around these regions, cities grew (Blumin, 2006). Thousands of laborers and immigrants were flocking to factories to fill much needed positions. With this influx of humanity, came the secondary and tertiary arrival of skilled craftsman and architects to build their homes, street cars drivers to bring them around the city, hospitals to take care of the ill, politicians to make the laws and entertainers to bring relaxation during leisure times.