Question

Which of the following best describes New York City tenements in the early 1900s?
crowded apartment buildings where two-thirds of the city's population lived
crowded apartment buildings where a small portion of the city's population lived
crowded homes outside the city where the majority of city workers lived
crowded homes outside the city where immigrants lived after arriving in the US

Answer 1

crowded apartment buildings where two-thirds of the city's population lived

Explanation: Early-1900s New York tenements were densely packed multi-family apartment buildings that housed a large share (about two-thirds) of the city's residents, especially immigrants and working-class families.