The Providence "macaroni riot"- In 1914, Frank Ventrone, moved to Providence, Rhode Island to start a 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......

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Title: Chapter 19 Vocabulary
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