Jeremy Davis Social Studies 11/6/14 – 11/16/14

 What are tenements?  Why people are crowded in a houses?  Why were people live very poor in tenements?

 A room or set rooms forming separate residence within a the house or block of apartments.  By 1900, more than 80,000 tenements had been built in New York City. They housed a population of 2.3 million people, a full two- thirds of the city's total population of around 3.4 million.  People got about $1 for 10 hours or $8-10 for a week!

 Who was the U.S. president during that time?  Were people starving, poor, crowded and restless.  Average workers make $1 a day?  What were their home looks like?  Why people live in house near other people in house?  Does deaf people work during that time, if so what do they work?

 Poor people can’t afford cars or taxi…  Poor people have to walk or bike to their work.  Many kids did not go to school, instead went to work.  Many kids’ parent cant afford something, so kids have to go to work to help their parent afford bills, foods, clothes and medicine.

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