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Who was the photojournalist brought attention to the horrible conditions in which immigrants lived in his work how the other half lives studies among the tenements of New York?
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How photojournalist brought attention to the horrible conditions in which immigrants lived in his work How the Other Half Lives Studies Among the Tenements of New York?
Jacob Riis !
. Which photojournalist brought attention to the horrible conditions in which immigrants lived in his work How the Other Half Lives Studies Among the Tenements of New York?
Jacob Riis !
What did anti immigrants feelings result in?
tenements
How did Jacob Riis help the situation of immigrants in America's cities?
Jacob Riis exposed the problem in tenements by taking pictures of the life in tenements. He showed these pictures to the government and to the people populated in areas which held a lot of tenements where many immigrants lived.
How many immigrants lived in tenements?
Tenements were meant for 6-8 people, but a lot of times tenements would be filled with more than 60 people.
Who were the new immigrants of late 1800s and what challenges did they face?
European countries. Ireland Germany were the main still. they struggled with finding jobs and living conditions were awful. many had to live in tenements
What were living conditons?
immigrants lived in tenements and some of there kitchens had no windows.
What caused the increase in tenements?
Depression, poverty and huge influx of immigrants.
What was the condition for immigrants living in tenements of big cities?
Really bad.
Where are tenements located?
Tenements were usually found in large industrialized cities, providing living quarters for large influxes of immigrants and factory workers
Many immigrants lived in urban apartment slums called?
Many immigrants lived in urban apartment slums called flats. These flats held a great many people and were often overcrowded.
What was one of Jacob Riis articles and why did he write it?
One of Jacob Riis's articles was "How the Other Half Lives," which exposed the living conditions of immigrants in New York City tenements. He wrote this article to raise awareness about the poverty and squalor that many immigrants were living in, in order to advocate for social reform and improved housing conditions.
