The Second Industrial Revolution was another great step forward in technology and society, but also People were living in germ infested, crowded and very unhealthy conditions, much like their place of work. People labored in horrible conditions, and working long hours with low wages. The people were living in filth and no respect.
Housing was perhaps the most serious problem. It was simply impossible to build homes for people as fast as they came. City dwellers often found themselves crammed either into buildings, like warehouses, that weren't designed for housing or into hastily built, dangerous apartment buildings. Entire families sometimes packed into