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The Muckrakers

Question 3 • MO-US History II A

Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives shocked the American public with its use of

Answer
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strong prose describing cases of lynching.
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vivid descriptions of slaughterhouse conditions.
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sensational and untruthful claims of corruption.
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powerful photographs depicting conditions in city slums.

Explanation

Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives exposed the harsh conditions faced by poor residents of New York City. Its striking photographs showed overcrowded tenements and other slum conditions, helping make the problems vivid to the public. The correct choice is “powerful photographs depicting conditions in city slums.”

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