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Jacob Riis was a newspaper reporter, social reformer, and photographer who, with his book How the Other Half Lives (1890), shocked the conscience of his readers with factual descriptions of slum conditions in New York City.
For this lesson, you will review the photos taken by Riis in order to understand the following question: What problems did cities face in the 1800s?
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