Jacob Riis

ones previously there, and even then the workmanship was shoddy and it was incredibly dangerous to live in the housing due to the short cuts that were taken during the construction. Jacob Riis however soon brought light to the horrible conditions that immigrants were being subjected too. “The hard facts included in Riis’ book–such as the fact that 12 adults slept in a room some 13 feet across, and that the infant death rate in the tenements was as high as 1 in 10–stunned many in America and…

examples of muckrakers of today and in that time are Nellie Bly, Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, Ida B. Wells, and Samuel Hopkins Adams. Every person listed above helped or solved a problem that people saw as a negative effect in the present time or the Progressive Era. Bodys One of these people that was a muckraker in the Progressive Era was Nellie Bly. She helped to improve the condition in asylum for mentally ill people and…

wanted to tell. Similar to the photos published by Jacob Riis, Maggie, A Girl of the Streets is a window…

between the rich and the poor. While the rich were flaunting their fabulous wealth, the working men and women, lived hard lives on low salaries also living in crowded and unpleasant places. These people have to different sides to the situation. As Jacob Riis wrote “ the half that is on top cares little for the struggles, and less for the fate of those who are underneath so long as it is able to hold them there and keep its own seat.” The housing was one of the most visible aspects of…

The Gilded Age was an age of prosperity for wealthy businessmen while it was a time of despair for others for immigrants and other low class people. Industrialization continued to take place and it helped increased railroads as well as technology. Items such as the light bulb were developed to provide lighting in factories and homes. The economy was mostly dependent on the robber barons who owned large corporations that resulted in large incomes for these businessmen. (Pierpaoli) Some of these…

199.) Even though African Americans were freed they still had to deal deal with being knocked off by whites. In their heads they still were “negroes” and didn’t have a decent education . In Chapter 9, “ The mirror with a memory” introduced Jacob Riis who was a photographer who lived and observed poverty through the streets of New York. The Davidson textbook it says, “…

displays that “progressives saw the urban poor as objects of social concerns.” Jacob Riis, a muckraker wrote an article, “How the Other Half Lives” to convey awareness about the atrocious conditions immigrants were living under. He created the flashbulb to capture pictures of immigrants living in lodging houses. Josiah Strong, an American protestant viewed immigrants as criminals and filthy since they lived in slums. Riis brought public awareness to the issue with society since these houses were…

and buy a real house to own their own home. These tenements were nicknamed the “dens of death” because the almost eighteen percent mortality rate. Many said that the rent for these tenements was the “price of blood” (Riis). The death rate was so high because, according to Jacob Riis, they buildings were cramped, dark, and damp. As said in Document A, children form immigrants would go to…

likely be turned away if they did try to use these resources. Riis showed this problem when he asked a young boy where his family goes to church. The boy responded that “we don’t have no clothes to go to church.” If they tried to utilize these facilities, they would most likely be turned away. If the poor were able to access the resources and had the time to, they may not possess the education needed. For example, the Italians, according to Riis, “knows no word of English, but he does not know…

During the Progressive Era of the United States, many reforms and acts were passed to help the country advance. Some of those acts and reforms regulated child labor, improved working conditions, and protected consumers through many exploits by Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair. Many children were working in factories and sweatshops, as a means to help support their families. These children would work for 9 to 12 hours daily, and get paid extremely low wages. Some would be badly injured, and even…