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Muckrakers Writers who wrote vivid articles and books exposing the evils of big business Demanded social and economic reform Ex: Jacob Riis- How the Other Half Lives

Urbanization movement of population from farms to cities

Slum Areas Tenements- buildings six or seven stories high that were divided up into small apartments

What was tenement life? Conditions of building: People’s health: Wages:

What were the conditions like in the tenements/slums? Some had no windows, no pipes for water or sewage, no heat Disease (tuberculosis, lung disease) spread quickly Fires spread quickly Often, 10 people shares a single room! Busy streets

http://www.tenement.org/immigrate/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzT8Eq huYxA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZbm eiYkJ0&feature=related