For one, the soldier 's living quarters were lacking in quality in a variety of ways. Each hut had only "one door at the end and no windows" (Background Essay). When the fireplace was lit, smoke was a major
Many of the women were unsuccessful in finding work and were forced to live on the streets. Caroline realised that these girls living on the streets were vulnerable. ‘She soon became horrified by the desperate situation of single emigrant women who were exploited when they first arrived. Often when emigrants arrived they were taken advantage of by people who would rob them or take their money on pretence of getting them accommodation or employment’.
Lastly, living conditions was very bad
Jeannette’s family never had enough money to buy themselves a decent house, so they lived out of rugged shacks, old abandoned buildings, and even out in the desert without any form of shelter. The author would describe each new house that her family moved into in such a way that it would persuade the reader to have such strong feelings of hatred towards Jeannette’s mother and father. Neither Mr. Walls, nor Mrs. Walls could keep a job for any decent amount of time, so after living in a house for a little, the family would get behind on the payments and have to pack their things and move on to a new place. The most memorable example of these terrible houses is the house that the family bought in Welch West Virginia. On page 153, “We called the kitchen the loose-juice room, because on the rare occasion that we had paid the electricity bill and had power, we’d get a wicked electric shock if we touched any damp or metallic surface in the room.”
A unique feature of the houses in the 19th century is that some houses have a separate building for a kitchen. The tour guide Kate Moore informed us, “Most wealthy families had a separate building for a kitchen. The kitchen would get hot from the heat while cooking, and fires were common.” She also said, “Most of the time, house slaves would work all day and sleep in the kitchen house. Mrs. Polk, James’ mother, came from a wealthy family and owned two slaves who worked and slept in the kitchen.”
Sanitation was a problem in homes and public places. Many women lived in tenement houses and for this reason, women had difficulty cleaning and caring for the house. (Doc C) Basements were damp, stairways certainly weren’t fireproof, and finding untainted food was a large issue for people who lived in tenements. (Doc C) Factories were also filthy. Meat factories had meat falling onto the floor onto dirt and sawdust.
People were forced to live in these conditions because they had nowhere else to go. Tenements were nowhere near safe. Constructers built new tenements often using cheap materials and construction shortcuts. (Tenements) Tragedy struck in 1849 when a cholera epidemic struck and took about five thousand lives.
The homes lacked stability or any regard for sanitation, which lead to disease and harm to the dwellers. Document 11 describes the industrial towns as, “[unpaved streets], full of holes, filthy and strewn with refuse” and Document 10 elaborates by stating, “that the annual loss of life from filth and bad ventilation are greater than the loss from death or wounds in any wars”. The poor construction and sanitation stems from the need to quickly build the homes to quickly house the workers. Through urbanization, resulting from the Industrial Revolution, the towns became overpopulated at exhausting rates and only worsened the issues at hand. Had the industry not boomed so quickly, there would have been ample opportunity to ensure safe and clean living conditions, which in turn would have resulted in less death and disease to the
( page 387 lines 140-144 ). Not only was the rent high, the living space of this colored family was not comfortable. These people had to live in very small places, because they didn’t have anywhere else to go. The difference between the tenements and the
Most working-class people lived in apartment buildings called tenements where they could only afford small, usually old and dilapidated housing. In many instances an entire family would be crowded into a single room to live together, as evidenced of a historical photograph of a working-class family in their apartment. Seven people are together in a single room, including several young children (Document V). Without enough money to afford adequate and safe housing, families in tenements such as this one would be uncomfortable and burdened by domestic responsibilities as well as long hours at jobs. The close proximity of so many people meant disease could spread rapidly through the building and the rest of the community.
After the Civil War, the United States (U.S.) started industrializing in the early nineteenth century, bringing revolutionary revisions to America’s society and its industries. The abundance of natural resources, new inventions, and continuously immigrating workers, along with the creation of the free enterprise system and a spur of railroads, enabled the country to industrialize successfully. Soon America’s small towns were transformed into large cities filled with factories. In the late 1800s, a period known as the Gilded Age came about, suggesting that America’s industrialization and urbanization had two facets. On the surface, the U.S. showcased golden success and prosperity, while the interior aspect began to unveil the unsettling realities
From the 1800s to the 1850s the United States was permanently changed for the better with advancements in everyday life. This period of time was crucial for the development of the society that we live in today with the vast amount of inventions in this time period. Many Americans of this time period began to rely on these modernized inventions which seemed as though they were now necessities, giving Americans a new way of everyday life. If America did not undergo these changes we would not be where we are today in society. With such drastic changes in technology and social and political aspects, the United States was completely transformed during the antebellum period.
In 1942 Krystyna Chiger and Pavel Friedmann where two young people who were forced to live in the ghetto by the Natizes in world war 2. They both escaped the ghetto, Krystina escaped by being in the sewers and pavel escaped by death. There was 20 people who lived in the sewers for 14 months. I will be comparing and contrasting two experiences between two people living in the ghetto and escaping.
Writing to compare In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over,” the setting were similar because they both took place in a creepy house . However, in Poe’s story, the setting is in a creepy, almost broken down house. By contrast, Cortazar’s setting takes place in a big house that was very clean.
The American Dream is a concept that motivates people to pick up their belongings and make their way to the United States to build a new life for themselves. The American Dream is an ideal, a set of beliefs or morals, different for everyone. The American Dream has evolved throughout the years, from the creation of the notion in 1931 to now, women earned their right to vote and work, and citizens of the United States fought for equality and civil rights, just to name a few. The dream could be different between Americans and immigrants, between a teenager and a young adult, it all depends on who the person is, and what their principles are. Movements in the past have allowed anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, education, history, or age to
