The Immigrant Experience

Question 10 • EAP-Virginia and US History A CR

Which of the following best describes tenements in New York City in the early 1900s?

Answer

crowded and unsanitary apartment buildings where two-thirds of the city's population lived

crowded and unsanitary apartment buildings where a small portion of the city's population lived

dark and crowded homes outside the city where the majority of city workers lived

dark and crowded homes outside the city where immigrants lived for a short time after arriving in America

Explanation

Tenements were overcrowded, poorly ventilated apartment buildings with unsanitary conditions. In the early 1900s, they housed a large share of New York City’s residents—about two-thirds—so choice A best describes them. They were in the city, not homes outside it, which rules out choices C and D.

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