Immigration, Immigrant Housing

What is the reason landlords offered immigrants tenement slums?

• There were no housing laws in the 1800s.

• The immigrants did not have family here.

• The immigrants took low-paying jobs.

• The immigrants did not speak the language.

How does the author organize the information in this passage?

• The author explains the events of the emergence of housing laws in chronological order.

• The author provides evidence to support a central argument.

• The author compares and contrasts housing in the 1800s.

• The author provides information in groups about a central topic.

What evidence can be used to support the statement, “New housing laws made people in the homes more safe.”

• “They had to make sure hallways were lit.”

• “They also had to provide fire escapes for everybody.”

• “The new laws forced landlords to install plumbing.”

• All of the above

What can be concluded about the purpose of housing laws?

• Housing laws were put into law to protect landlords.

• Housing laws have never been very popular, but may be necessary.

• Housing laws were put into law to ensure that all people had safe and adequate housing.

• Housing laws were put into law to protect immigrants only.

Read the sentence:

“It was common for several families to be cramped into a two-room apartment with no sunlight or ventilation.”

What word could best replace cramped as used in this sentence?

• packed

• allowed

• beaten

• placed

The main idea of this passage is

• Landlords were guilt of breaking many housing laws in the 1800s.

• Lack of sanitation was a cause of many deaths in the 1800s.

• Immigrants faced many challenges once they moved to America, notably low-income wages.

• Immigrants were forced to live in unsafe and unsanitary conditions before housing laws.

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

The toilets would sometimes leak into the well; ___________, the water became contaminated.

• instead

• beforehand

• except

• consequently