Tenement buildings in urban America were
A. initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor.
B. considered luxury housing by most urban residents.
C. first constructed in Chicago in the 1880s.
D. subsidized by city governments.
E. intended to be occupied as single-family dwellings.
Answer: A
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