Which of the following best summarizes the living and working conditions of the urban poor at the turn of the twentieth century?

A) Both living and working conditions were unsafe.

B) Both living and working conditions were safe.

C) Living conditions were unsafe, but working conditions were safe.

D) Living conditions were safe, but working conditions were unsafe.

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Roberto Schultz

18 August, 18:52

Which of the following best summarizes the living and working conditions of the urban poor at the turn of the twentieth century?

A) Both living and working conditions were unsafe.

B) Both living and working conditions were safe.

C) Living conditions were unsafe, but working conditions were safe.

D) Living conditions were safe, but working conditions were unsafe.

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Marisa Davis · Answer 1

A) Both living and working conditions were unsafe.

Explanation:

The glamour of American life overshadow the destruction of its slums. Where on one hand American society displays the luxurious lifestyle enjoyed by the middle class and upper-class people, there were places of overcrowding slums where lies widespread poverty, disease, and crime. Even not all people enjoyed the benefits of the industrial boom in twentieth-century some left out in the race where they were placed in the overcrowded areas near factories were there hardly any law to safeguard them. The government planning based on the new needs of new modern society left many people to live in shadows in the same towns.