Cards in this guide (16)
What is Nepotism
When a government official appoints a family member to a job.
Sentence with the word tenement
A tenement is a set of rooms in an apartment building. The
tenement was up for rent.
Construction company of scheming stockholders
How did the industrial revolution change working conditions for people
There was very little need for skilled labor
Who was the head of Tammany Hall
What was the spoils system
when the group that wins an election appoints its own
unqualified people to the best jobs apex
Which invention was necessary to begin the modern music industry
Which of the following would not have been considered a white collar worker
A Custodian
a carpenter(apex)
Which group attended sporting events at the turn of the 20th century
Which term referred to low paid workers and their families
The working class referred to low-paid workers and their
families.
What were large apartment building that were often loud dirty and crowded called
Large apartment buildings that were often loud, dirty, and
crowded were called tenements.
The following was not important invention of the early 20th century
According to How the Other Half Lives why did sinks stink in tenements
They were filled with waste water.
Model tenements built to create better lives for the poor were
Nicer apartment buildings in the slums
Which of these is an example of government curruption
In How the Other Half Lives Jacob Riis wrote With half a chance it might have lived but it had none. That dark bedroom killed it. What does this mean
Conditions in buildings in the slums often killed babies.