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Chapter 3
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How did the first tenements in New York come into being, according to Riis?
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They were purpose-built as cheap housing for immigrants
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The old homes of the Knickerbocker aristocracy were subdivided as the wealthy moved out
C
The city government constructed them as public housing
D
Churches converted their buildings into shelters
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