Question

mod-fall final part i
the place smelled horrible. all those people forced to live together in such a small place. why, they were practically sleeping on top of one another. it was two whole families from ireland, plus a couple of young men that werent related to either one.
the above quote is most likely talking about what experience during the gilded age?

• living conditions for robber barons
• life in a tenement (apartment)
• the aftermath of an industrial accident

Explanation:

During the Gilded Age, tenements were overcrowded apartments where immigrants (like the Irish families here) lived in poor conditions. Robber Barons were wealthy industrialists, so their living conditions wouldn't be horrible and overcrowded. An industrial accident aftermath would focus on injury/damage, not overcrowded living. So the quote describes tenement life.

Answer:

B. Life in a tenement (apartment)