There was very little need for skilled labor
Not only the poor people, it's the who working class
Jacob Riis' book, How the Other Half Lives
there was no water in many tenements.
Ulysses S. Grant was the president of the US when The Whiskey Ring Scandal of 1875 was exposed.
when the group that wins an election appoints its own unqualified people to the best jobs apex
Large apartment buildings that were loud, dirty, and crowded were called tenements. Also, they were infested with rats and disease spread quickly. (A tenant)
William Magear 'Boss' Tweed was born on April 3, 1823.
How the Other Half Lives was created in 1890.