WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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multi-family apartments, usually dark, crowded, and barely meeting minimal living standards
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tenure
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tenement
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skyscraper
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graft
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A tenement can refer to any multi-occupancy residential rental building. However, the term is associated most often with crowded, run-down buildings with low-quality living conditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tenements. poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived.
Detailed explanation-3: -I think that the group of people that faced the worst times and the greatest challenges were the Chinese immigrants. These immigrants came to the United States to work for a better life. They worked mainly on the railroads and constructing new railroad tracks.
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