The Pros and Cons of Tenement Life

1. One of the followings is not an advantage of tenement life.

• Fraternity

• Assimilation

• Fire hazards

2. What turned many tenements into death traps

when a fire started?

• Wooden staircases

• few windows

• overcrowding

• All of the above

3. _______________ offered help in finding jobs and places to live.

• Wide Campaigns

• Fraternal Organizations

• Sanitary Facilities

4. What caused high death rate among

immigrants who lived in tenements?

• a. overflowing garbage

• b. lack of proper

  sanitary facilities

• Both (a+b)

5. early movie theaters where a ticket cost five cents is the definition of _____________.

• Nickelodeons

• Amusements

• Assimilation

6. Services and equipment that keep buildings and streets clean is the definition of ________________.

• sanitary facilities

• nickelodeons

• fraternal organizations

7. It's Extremely hot. It's ______________.

• sweltering

• swelling

• Swearing

8. Living and working close together made immigrants' life easier.

• True

• False

9. Coney Island, nickelodeons, and dance halls are __________.

• examples of nearby, inexpensive ways for immigrants to have fun and relax.

• ways of amusement

• ways for entertainment

• All of the above

10. In what ways were some tenements dangerous to live in?

• Darkness

• Lack of outside air and ventilation

• Disease and poor sanitation:

• All of the above