Slums of New York
Across
- 2. Common issue in tenement housing
- 6. Jacob, photographer and reformer who documented slum conditions
- 7. Epidemic that hit New York slums hard in 1832
- 8. Labor, common practice in slums and sweatshops
- 9. Widespread condition in the slums
- 13. Manhattan neighborhood known for its slums and vice
- 14. Immigrants who also populated New York slums
- 15. Workplaces known for poor conditions and low wages
- 17. Efforts to improve living conditions in the slums
- 19. Hall, political machine that controlled many slum areas
- 20. Criminal groups that formed in slum neighborhoods
Down
- 1. Waste that accumulated in slum streets
- 3. Residents who made up a large portion of slum populations
- 4. Vendors who sold goods in slum neighborhoods
- 5. Overcrowded, run-down apartment buildings
- 10. Immigrants who inhabited many New York slums
- 11. Notorious Manhattan slum in the 19th century
- 12. Health problems that spread rapidly in slum conditions
- 16. Children left parentless, a common sight in slums
- 18. Lines hung between tenement buildings