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New York Tenements. Kevin Rodriguez Tommy LeConche. Article synopsis. Who? Where? When? Why? How? What?. Historical overview. -A huge number of immigrants follow each other in rapid succession - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Kevin RodriguezTommy LeConche
NEW YORK TENEMENTS
Who?Where?When?Why?How?What?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS
-A huge number of immigrants follow each other in rapid succession
-300 families composed of 1424 individuals. Nationality of Families: 244 German, 16 Irish, 11 American, 13
Hungarian, 6 Polish, 4 Russian, 2 Bohemian, 1 English, 1 Dutch, and 2 Chinese
- Between 1881 and 1910, 1,562,000 Jewish emigrants arrived in America, most of them settling on the Lower East
Side- Poor immigrants who came to New York City during the
mid-1800s into the early 1900s usually lived in the tenement district amongst crime, filth, and disease
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
TENEMENTS
TENEMENTS
CONDITIONS
CONDITIONS
PEOPLE LIVING IN TENEMENTS
PEOPLE LIVING IN TENEMENTS
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