As business increased, and the city grew with rapid strides,
the necessities of the poor became the opportunity of their
wealthier neighbors, and the stamp was set upon the old
houses, suddenly become valuable, which the best thought
and effort of a later age have vainly struggled to efface.
their "large rooms were partitioned into several smaller
ones, without regard to light or ventilation, the rate of rent
being lower in proportion to space or height from the
street; and they soon became filled from cellar to garret
with a class of tenantry living from hand to mouth, loose in
morals, improvident in habits, degraded, and squalid as
beggary itself." it was thus the dark bedroom, prolific of
untold depravities, came into the world.
—jacob a. riis, how the other half lives, 1890

which statement describes how optimism new immigrants endure the
conditions described by riis?

a. new immigrants rejected factory work in favor of idyllic farm
living.
b. new immigrants gave up traditional languages and religious
beliefs to assimilate.
c. new immigrants lived in close-knit ethnic communities to support
one another.
d. new immigrants built tenement houses to serve as refuges from
persecution

The correct answer is C) New immigrants lived in close-knit ethnic communities to support one another.

The statement that describes how optimism helped new immigrants endure the conditions described by Riis is "New immigrants lived in close-knit ethnic communities to support one another."

Jacob Riis (1849-1914) was an immigrant from Denmark that worked as a photographer and documented his photos of the terrible living conditions of poor immigrants.

He clearly wrote that "Their "large rooms were partitioned into several smaller ones, without regard to light or ventilation, the rate of rent

being lower in proportion to space or height from the

street; and they soon became filled from cellar to garret

with a class of tenantry living from hand to mouth, loose in

morals, improvident inhabits, degraded, and squalid as

beggary itself."

In those years in New Yor City, immigrants lived in communities to support each other and trying to better survive under harsh conditions.

richard allen was a minister for a african methodist episcopal church. he was also a educator and a writer one of america most active and influential black leaders. in 1794, he founded a african methodist episcopal church in philadelphia, pennsylvania. the church that he founded was the first independent african american denomination in the united states. he was a influential leader that makes many people feel comfortable under his preachings. they trusted him and supported him even though it could get them in trouble because slavery was happening. he risked his life to bring slaves and others closer to god and writing books. as a boy he and his family were slaves but some how he managed to teach himself how to read, write and preach. he has written four books about his life, slavery and hymns/preaching.

answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

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