WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A tenement is a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access.

Detailed explanation-2: -Many lived in tenements, which were multistory buildings divided into crowded apartments that were very dirty and unsanitary.

Detailed explanation-3: -Four to six stories in height, tenements contained four separate apartments on each floor, measuring 300 to 400 square feet.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the turn of the century more than half the population of New York City, and most immigrants, lived in tenement houses, narrow, low-rise apartment buildings that were usually grossly overcrowded by their landlords.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hint: Tenements are the cramped, old, narrow and usually overcrowded apartment buildings, especially in a poor segment of a large city. They were first built for the purpose of habitat for immigrants who arrived in the United States in the 19th century.