Help on History?

Question

During the late 1800s, the working poor ______?

a. received increasingly good wages.

b. lived principally in the suburbs where rent was lower.

c. benefited from a building boom that resulted in an excess of housing and lower costs for rent.

d. lived in crowded tenements close to the factories, ports, and stockyards where they worked.

Answer 1

d i think

Answer 2

D. they were crowded into squalid tenements like sardines in a can.

Answer 3

ddddddddddddddduh!

Answer 4

D is the correct answer.

Answer 5

is this the only question on the test you don't know?

Answer 6

D...this era was during the industrial revolution which contributed to the crowded urban areas. without a reliable mode of transportation the workers were forced to live near to the factories and places where they worked

Answer 7

D. lived in crowded tenements

Answer 8

d b the answer

Answer 9

It is d, and if you don't know that then I would fail you from my history class!! : P

Just kidding! Open a book and try to learn rather than ask everyone to do your work. It may come in handy to learn how history effects you now or will effect you later.

Answer 10

answer is d

Answer 11

d. They lived in tenements, most were immigrants. They

     earned about $1250 a year. There work week was about

      56 hours a week. NO BEBEFITS WERE GIVEN BY

      THEIR EMPLOYERS.

    Thetmother and father both had to work in order for the

     family to live. The kids as soon as they were 5-6 years old

     were expected to work. School was NOT mandatory.

      Hope that helps.

      packers

Answer 12

D

Answer 13

During the late 1800s, the working poor ______?

d. lived in crowded tenements close to the factories, ports, and stockyards where they worked.

Answer 14

b

Answer 15

D!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 16

d. lived in crowded tenements close to the factories, ports, and stockyards where they worked.

Answer 17

d ah yes life must have been ****

Answer 18

http://www.historyofthe1800's.com

Most folks probably farmed in them days and lived in the countryside and rode horses to town to do trading, they probably farmed for free rental barn houses.

Answer 19

D.  should be correct.  In the future it is also good to know what country you are refering to.  The 1800's condition for the working poor differ greatly between under developed and developed countries.

Answer 20

D. it was much eaiser to live close to where the worked and they really couldent afford much better. it was also better for the builders to build the tenements cramped together so they could get the biggest profit

Answer 21

D because

A is wrong because American wages would not really increase until increased power and presence of labor unions in combination with some government attempts (not much) to help wages.

B is wrong because as urbanization increased, the poor would be stuck in the decaying center of town.

C is wrong because it is a really bad throwaway answer that does not even make sense.