Why were tenements constructed as tall, narrow buildings?

A. To make them less expensive to build.

B. To make it easier for residents to get to work.

C. To conform to safety codes.

D. To allow better living conditions.

E. To make them easier to heat and air condition.

Answer: A. To make them less expensive to build.

Around 1840, tenements came into use and its original purpose was to accommodate as many immigrants as possible entering the United States at that time. In order to accommodate this large number of people all at once, tall, narrow buildings called tenements were adopted. As a result of how cheap it was to build, tenements became very popular options for housing American immigrants.

These structures were made tall because the land space was very limited. Still, they were able to accommodate numerous immigrants. Before the early 1900s, more than 80,000 tenements were already constructed in New York City and these tenements housed roughly 2.3 million. Tenement buildings had an average of eight floors. Each tenement building was constructed side by side with very little space between them. The interior rooms of these structures had no ventilation and very little light could get in.

History

3 years ago

478 Views

Math Calculus — AID—

Total time spent: 4 hours 15 minutes (it is equivalent to 255 minutes). Let the flight time from Paris to Glasgow be X. Then the flight time from Glasgow to Paris will be (X+10). We have an equation with one unknown variable: X + 45 + (X+10) = 255 ⇒ X = 100 So the […]

What were the typical crafts for Maya?

Mayans are well-known as great pottery makers. They did not use the pottery wheel. However,the tecnique they used was coiling consecutive rings of clay on top of each other and smoothing the surface by hand. Also, they were good when it came to working with stone – stone craving is another important craft of Maya. Many […]

What defines a free market?

The efficient working of a free market economy requires that the producer firms must have incentives to work hard and produce goods and services at the lowest possible cost per unit of output Market economies provide incentives to the firms and individuals by recognising and enforcing the property rights of the individuals and firms to […]

How does 3D printing work?

There are three different ways 3D printers work but they all rely on the printer converting a design into individual 2D slices which are then combined to make the final 3D object. The first method uses a pool of chemicals that turns solid when light, typically a UV laser, is shone on to it. The […]

Cigarette smoking causes emphysema.

Nearly everyone knows that smoking causes lung cancer, but did you know that smoking causes a number of other serious lung diseases? These include chronic bronchitis and emphysema, collectively known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is the fourth largest killer of Australians and smoking is the most important risk factor for COPD. When […]