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U.s. History: The Underside of Urban Life

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Read about the plight of the urban poor in the rapidly growing cities. In addition to the modern skyscrapers, the cities also had tenement housing where the poor lived. Find a description of that housing and the problems this housing bred.

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cesspools, dumbbell tenement, slums, spread of disease, tenement housing, tenements, urban poor, ushistory.org, independence hall association, unsanitary conditions, urban crime, urban immigrants
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)