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Jacob Riis was instrumental in bringing to the front the plight of the impoverished people of New York City. These pitifully poor people, who were tucked away in the slums of the city, had their existence illuminated in print through both the journalism and the Photography of the creative Riis. A link can be found below to check facts and learn more.
Jacob Riis pointed out that there were single family dwellings that shared side walls with other houses, they were called tenements and were overcrowed and unsanitary.
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∙ 9y agoJacob Riis wrote "How the Other Half Lives." He exposed the lives of the many poor Americans living in the slums of the city. These treachers include tenements in which many people crammed together to live in, hot beds which were the poorly made mattresses that they slept in, called hot beds because one person would go to work (usually in a factory) while the other slept and then they would rotate, so the beds would always be warm, and there were often no windows or it was one or two rooms with bunks and a makeshift stove in the middle of the room. Children would be playing in the dirty streets and illness was easily spread.
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∙ 11y agoThe Urban Poor
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Did Jacob Riis invent the flash?
no
Who said the power of the fact is the mighiest lever of this or any day?
Jacob Riis
Jane Addams and Lillian Wald and Jacob Riis are best known as?
Social Reformers!
John Dewey and Jacob Riis were activists in the move to make progressive reforms?
John Dewey and Jacob Riis were activists in the move to make progressive reforms in the system used in public education. They wanted to create better educational facilities.
Whose photographs exposed the dangerous living conditions in tenements in New York City?
jacob riis
What urban problems did Jacob riis identify in his book?
wrote about life in the slums -apex
Who was best known for his description of life in America's urban slums?
Jacob riis
The journalist who exposed How the Other Half Lives in urban tenements was?
Jacob Riis
Who was a photo journalist who documented the horrible living conditions of the urban poor?
Jacob Riis
The photographs of Jacob Riis are most closely associated with the?
living conditions of the urban poor
Who wrote about urban problems around the end of the 1800 by Jacob?
Jacob Riis, a Danish-American journalist and social reformer, wrote about urban problems in his book "How the Other Half Lives" in the late 19th century. Riis used photography and his writing to expose the harsh living conditions of tenement dwellers in New York City, bringing attention to issues such as overcrowding, poverty, and inadequate housing.
What person was best known for his description of life in Americans urban slums during the growth of urban America?
Jacob Riis
When was Jacob Riis born?
Jacob Riis was born on May 3, 1849
Where was Jacob Riis born?
Jacob August Riis was born on May 3, 1849.
Did Jacob Riis die?
Yes, Jacob Riis died on May 26, 1914
When is Jacob Riis's birthday?
Jacob Riis was born on May 3, 1849
When did Jacob Riis die?
Jacob August Riis died on May 26, 1914.
