A journalist who sought to expose corruption, scandal, and the like in government and politics.
Who is a muckraker
Upton Sinclair's famous book
What is "The Jungle"
This is a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access.
What is a tenement
This was the area of Manhattan where many immigrants came to resident
What is the Lower East Side
A reason that attracts people to move to a new location, such as a country or region.
What is a pull factor
This person exposed child labor through photography
Who is Lewis Hines
Jacob Riis's famous book
What is "How the Other Half Lives"
The floor number where the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory occurred on
What is the 8th floor
Even though there was no concrete cause, this was the suspected cause of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
What is a cigarette
Many immigrants from Asia arrived through this port
What is Angel Island
Upton Sinclair wrote this famous book to expose the conditions of the Meatpacking Industry
What is the Jungle
The tool in which Lewis Hines and Jacob Riis documented working and living conditions
What is the camera
Lured by the promise of prosperity, many rural families and immigrants worldwide arrived in the cities to work in...
What are factories
These were the names of the bathrooms outside of the lower east side tenements
What are outhouses
This is also known as an anti-immigrant attitude
What is nativism
He photographed living conditions in the Lower East Side tenements
Who is Jacob Riis
He took this photo:
Who was Lewis Hines
The name of the city where the meatpacking industry took place
What is Chicago, Illinois
The name of this job was one in which people carried two-hundred-pound quarters (of meat) into refrigerator cars, which began at four o’clock in the morning and wore out the most powerful men in a few years.
Who is a beef lugger
This legal document gives the inventor the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or importing their invention for a set period of time.
What is a patent
President Theodore Roosevelt addressed the meat industry by pushing for and signing the...
What was the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act of 1906:
The name of this picture, taken by Jacob Riis is...
What is "five cents a spot"
This was the name of the building where the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire occurred
What is the Asch Building
This chemical agent was often added to meat as a preservative due to its ability to inhibit the growth of bacteria, yeast, and mold
What is borax
Between 1890-1920 was a period in the United States during the early 20th century of widespread social activism and political reform across the country
What is the Progressive Era