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When were spitballs outlawed?
The spitball was outlawed in 1920.
What constitutional amendment outlawed slavery in the US?
The thirteenth amendment outlawed slavery in the United States.
Many immigrants lived in urban apartment slums called?
Many immigrants lived in urban apartment slums called flats. These flats held a great many people and were often overcrowded.
How did Jacob Riis help the situation of immigrants in America's cities?
Jacob Riis exposed the problem in tenements by taking pictures of the life in tenements. He showed these pictures to the government and to the people populated in areas which held a lot of tenements where many immigrants lived.
What did Alfred White build to help the working class poor people?
Model tenements
Dumbbell Tenements had how many bathrooms?
One bathroom per floor.
Where did Dumbbell Tenements get there name from?
cheap housing units created when cities became packed with people during the industrial revolution. They were called dumbbell tenements because the design of the building, which looked like a dumbbell, had many housing units sharing a corridor.
High-rise urban buildings that provided barrackslike housing for urban slum dwellers?
Dumbbell tenements.
Identify high-rise urban buildings that provided barrackslike housing for urban slum dwellers?
Dumbbell tenements.
What year did a well-educated yound midwesterner move to Chicago slums and create a vital center of social reform and activism?
Louis Sullivan developed the Dumbbell Tenements in 1885.
Why Were dumbbell tenements dangerous?
Dumbbell tenements were dangerous due to their cramped living conditions and poor sanitation. Designed to maximize space, these buildings often had inadequate ventilation and limited access to natural light, leading to unhealthy environments. Overcrowding exacerbated the spread of diseases, while shared facilities like bathrooms and kitchens increased the risk of fire and hygiene issues. Overall, the design prioritized profit over the well-being of residents, making them hazardous places to live.
Describe urban areas in the early 1900's?
Cities were diverse, but separated by social classes. Wealthy urbanites settled away from immigrants and industry. Many immigrants worked in sweatshops and lived in crowded, unsanitary dumbbell tenements.
Why was it hard to do laundry in tenements?
there was no water in many tenements.
How are tenements described?
Tenements can be described as poor people.
When was Salome of the Tenements created?
Salome of the Tenements was created in 1925.
When was Blake Tenements created?
Blake Tenements was created in 1760.
What was so disgusting about the beds in the tenements?
were there bed bugs in the beds of the tenements
