Apentix/AP US History/Unit 6: Period 6 (1865-1898)/Question
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Which of the following best explains why reformers targeted tenement housing in Gilded Age cities?

A.Tenements were reserved exclusively for the wealthy, excluding workers.
B.Reformers wanted to move all city dwellers onto farms.
C.Overcrowded, poorly ventilated tenements bred disease and fire, exposing the failure of unregulated urban growth.
D.Tenement owners demanded higher taxes on luxury apartments.

Explanation

Core Concept

Families were packed into airless rooms with shared privies, and reformers documented the resulting sickness and mortality. Their campaigns produced the first housing and sanitation laws.

Correct Answer

COvercrowded, poorly ventilated tenements bred disease and fire, exposing the failure of unregulated urban growth.

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