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Chapter 20: Reshaping the Nation
"The Other Half" |
Introduction
In this chapter, you learned that
the tremendous growth of industry attracted people to the nation's
cities. As a result, many working families were forced to live
in crowded and filthy tenement apartments. View the work of
urban photographer Jacob Riis to see why the living conditions
of the urban poor shocked so many people.
Destination Title: Mohawk
Central School Web site
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Directions
Start at Mohawk Central School Progressive Era Web site.
- In the menu on the left scroll down and click on Page
1 under Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives.
- View the photos and read the text.
- Click through all 5 pages of the feature.
- Answer the following questions.
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