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

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

3.  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!

4.  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?

5.  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.

6.  https://www.google.com/search?q=tenement s&biw=1366&bih=673&source=lnms&tbm=isc h&sa=X&ei https://www.google.com/search?q=tenement s&biw=1366&bih=673&source=lnms&tbm=isc h&sa=X&ei  https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=wh ataretenements%3f https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=wh ataretenements%3f  http://www.history.com/topics/tenements http://www.history.com/topics/tenements