Pauline Newman
Lower East Side
Housing Conditions/Supply
Other
Random Fun
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Who was Pauline Newman?
Pauline Newman was an activist leader supporting the fair rent prices.
100
What does LES stand for?
Lower East Side.
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Were there any open tenements available when people came to the LES?
No, because some were demolished but they had to decrease others space to make it work for some people.
100
What were the top 3 cultures/races coming to the US from Europe?
Jewish, Italian, and Russian.
100
What does the NBA stand for?
National Basketball Association.
200
At what age did Pauline Newman start to work? How much did she make a week?
Newman started to work at the age of 8 and made $1.50 a week
200
What were the 2 races that were present the most in the LES?
Jewish and Italian.
200
Were there bathroom areas on every floor of a tenement?
No, you had to be lucky to get one on your floor.
200
What was the Fair Housing Act of 1968 trying to solve?
It wanted to outlaw discrimination.
200
Who is this?
300
What were some rules at the Shirtwaist Factory when Newman worked there?
Workers were constantly under surveillance, bathroom breaks were timed, and wages were penalized if a mistake was made.
300
At the time the LES had the most ________ population.
Dense.
300
What were the reactions of the immigrants who arrived to the Lower East Side?
They were furious, because there were crowded tenements with no room left.
300
What did the people report to the government about?
The living style is unhealthy.
300
Who won the NBA finals in 2014?
San Antonio Spurs.
400
Who did Newman team up with?
The neighborhood housewives.
400
How many people were there per square mile?
300,000
400
How were the bathrooms in the tenements?
They were dirty with some not having sinks or toilets at all.
400
How much percent was the rent increased after the first strike?
33%
400
Solve this riddle:
GET
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GET IT
Forget It
500
What did the Social Literary Club provide to Newman?
An education in socialist teachings.
500
4 out of 5 New Yorkers were ___________________________________________.
Immigrants or children of immigrants.
500
What happened to tenements as more people came to the LES?
More bedrooms were added to each floor.
500
When tenements were destroyed, what did the landlords do to the existing ones?
They would raise the rent.
500
Who invented basketball?
Dr. James Naismith