In the context of 19th-century urbanization, what were 'slums'?
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Correct answer: Densely crowded urban areas marked by substandard housing and squalor
Slums were a byproduct of rapid, unplanned urban growth. As the poor crowded into city centers to be near work, older housing was subdivided and new, low-quality tenements were built without adequate infrastructure.
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