What were the urban living conditions at the turn of the 1880s?
How did muckrakers, like Jacob Riis, work to improve urban living conditions?
Was America a land of opportunity for immigrant groups that came to the United States from the 1870s to World War I?
Students should understand or have knowledge of:
Key People: Jacob Riis
Key Ideas: Lack of housing regulation
Key Events: Rise of Immigration at turn of century
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