Slums of New York

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