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QuizMultiple Choice

Media and Citizenship

Question 8 • SSHS IUS002 US History II

Jacob Riis is best known for his work How the Other Half Lives which was a photographic record of _____________.

Answer
A
The living conditions in urban slums and child labor.
B
The restricted rights of women in early twentieth-century America.
C
The rise of corruption in urban centers.
D
The lack of sanitary practices in the meat-packing industry.

Explanation

Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives documented poverty and overcrowded living conditions in New York City’s urban slums, using photographs to show how poor residents lived. This matches “the living conditions in urban slums and child labor.” The book did not focus primarily on women’s rights, political corruption, or meat-packing sanitation.

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