Overcrowding
Overcrowding means…
More people or things in a space than safe, possible, or comfortable
What is a kitchenette?
Smaller subdivided one room spaces to maximize rent profits
Black people often faced verbal abuse and physical violence by ____ ___
White mobs
Blockbusting was used to convince ____ property value was declining due to ___ neighbors
Whites, African American
Most black people who moved to Chicago came from ____
The south
What kind of income made a family most likely to be in high rise apartments?
Low-income
One key feature that individual rooms were lacking and was commonly shared by tenants
Bathrooms
What killed children and spread diseases
Rats
How did city services treat white people vs black people?
Service quality was higher for whites.
Why did some people move?
To find better jobs or a better life
Why did most families end up in a small, confined, singular apartment?
High rent
What was missing from most buildings?
Heating
What caused over 750 fires to be started in a year?
Kerosene lamps due to lack of heating
What could happen as a result of small violations?
Eviction
The move was the main cause for most of the _____ _____.
Housing issues
What was the main issue caused by overcrowding?
Poor housing conditions
Due to close continuous, close contact between families ___ spread quickly
Disease or sickness
Why did conditions continue to get worse over time?
Landlords were rarely fined
What is one thing redlining did?
Dented mortgages or increase monthly payments
What was the place where most black people moved from called
The Black Belt
Blacks had __ times the amount of overcrowding than whites
4
Due to low funds ___ and ___ were neglected by landlords.
Sanitation and building codes
White mobs threw ___ and ____ at property
Bricks and explosives
Redlining was used to _____ the profit of _______
Increase, landlords
__,___ African Americans moved to Chicago
60,000