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Living in the slums in the early 1900's was horrible. Immigrants had to live in tenements that were breaking down and collapsing. Tenement owners id not clean up the tenements either, so they were filthy. Rats, mice, you name it. These tenements were expensive too. The people blamed the immigrants of being dirty, and that's why the tenements were so filthy, but that all the immigrants could afford and it wasn't their fault.
they made babies sick
Jacob Riis used his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City. He used his books to show what life was like in the slums and to show the middle and upper classes what bad living conditions were available to the poor people. He tried to have the slums and tenements demolished and replaces with a park. He also tried to improve the condition of New York's water supply.
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Wrote about conditions in the slums
"The slum is the measure of civilization."
The rich lived in villages on the outskirts of the cities, the poor lived in slums or tenements.
Riis' goal was to bring to light the conditions of the poor living in the tenements and slums of New York City.
Living in the slums in the early 1900's was horrible. Immigrants had to live in tenements that were breaking down and collapsing. Tenement owners id not clean up the tenements either, so they were filthy. Rats, mice, you name it. These tenements were expensive too. The people blamed the immigrants of being dirty, and that's why the tenements were so filthy, but that all the immigrants could afford and it wasn't their fault.
Small crowded immigrant houses.
An attempt to provide better housing in the slums.
living in Chicago's slums to protest their conditions
Living in Chicago's slums to protest their conditions. -NovaNET
It showed the terrible conditions of life in the slums.
It showed the terrible conditions of life in the slums.
told what is was like for slums
Urban slums were the neighborhoods consisting of tenements that arose in U.S. cities. These slums were often impoverished, polluted, and unsanitary.