Question

What was Jacob Riis’s goal in the late 1800s?

a)to expose corruption in city governments

b)to start settlement houses for the less fortunate

c)to preach a gospel of social justice for the less fortunate

d)to make Americans aware of problems in cities

Answer 1

Answer: d)to make Americans aware of problems in cities

Step-by-step explanation:

Jacob August Riis (1849 – 1914) was a muckraking journalist and photojournalist who wrote the book How the Other Half Lives, to describe the appalling circumstances of the tenement experience in the late 1800s. By doing so, Riis tried to better the living conditions of impoverished people by showing it to the middle and upper classes.