Question

ANALYZING A DOCUMENT
The excerpt below comes from a New York newspaper article that appeared on September 26, 1874. In it the reporter describes the tenement factories in which cigar makers had to live and work. Use it to answer the questions below.

Answer 1

. . . Entering the narrow hall, . . . the olfactories [sense of smell] are at once startled by a pungent odor, so strong in some instances as to make a sensitive person sneeze “on sight,” or rather “on smell.” This is, of course, the tobacco. . . . It was said that in cold weather the odor was so overpowering and pungent, doors and windows being closed, that persons unaccustomed thereto were compelled to shut their eyes in pain. Yet about 4,000 people eat, cook and sleep, as well as work, in these places. Young children fall asleep from the narcotic effects of the pervading odor. Women suffer greatly from it. . . .
—The New York Sun, September 26, 1874

Answer 2

What would you find worst about these conditions if you had to work or live under them? Explain.

Answer 3

@AG23
@nah89
@pooja195

Answer 4

@misssunshinexxoxo
@markaskingalexandria1
@zay850

Answer 5

@slade

Answer 6

Cold weather, the smell, health sanitation

Answer 7

"It was said that in cold weather the odor was so overpowering and pungent, doors and windows being closed, that persons unaccustomed thereto were compelled to shut their eyes in pain."

Answer 8

yep @misssunshinexxoxo is correct overall

Answer 9

Would certainly be unbearable

Answer 10

thank you !!!